UNWRAP (unwrapped, unwrapping)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: unwrapped    , unwrapping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does unwrap mean? 

• UNWRAP (verb)
  The verb UNWRAP has 2 senses:

1. remove the outer cover or wrapping of

2. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

  Familiarity information: UNWRAP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNWRAP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they unwrap    ... he / she / it unwraps   
Past simple: unwrapped   
Past participle: unwrapped   
-ing form: unwrapping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove the outer cover or wrapping of

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

undo; unwrap

Context example:

undo the parcel

Hypernyms (to "unwrap" is one way to...):

expose; uncover (remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

wrap (arrange or fold as a cover or protection)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

break; bring out; disclose; discover; divulge; expose; give away; let on; let out; reveal; uncover; unwrap

Context example:

The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings

Hypernyms (to "unwrap" is one way to...):

tell (let something be known)

Cause:

break; get around; get out (be released or become known; of news)

Verb group:

break; get around; get out (be released or become known; of news)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "unwrap"):

blackwash (bring (information) out of concealment)

muckrake (explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures)

blow (cause to be revealed and jeopardized)

out (reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle)

come out; come out of the closet; out (to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality)

spring (produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly)

betray; bewray (reveal unintentionally)

confide (reveal in private; tell confidentially)

leak (tell anonymously)

babble; babble out; blab; blab out; let the cat out of the bag; peach; sing; spill the beans; talk; tattle (divulge confidential information or secrets)

reveal (disclose directly or through prophets)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

 Context examples 

Then she felt for the little piece of wood; but when she unwrapped the cloth it was not there, and she saw she had lost the gift of the good stars.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

This accomplished, a panic came upon him, and he unwrapped them all and counted them again.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He unwrapped his pack and the first thing he did was to count his matches.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)