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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNWRAP', v.t. To open what is wrapped or folded.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: remove the outer cover or wrapping of; "Let's unwrap the gifts!"; "undo the parcel" [syn: unwrap, undo] [ant: wrap, wrap up]
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; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 14th century to remove the wrapping from ; disclose <unwrap a package> <unwrap evidence in a criminal case>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. (unwrapped, unwrapping) 1 tr. remove the wrapping from. 2 tr. open or unfold. 3 intr. become unwrapped.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unwrap Un*wrap", v. t. [1st pref. un- + wrap.] To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded. --Chaucer.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(unwraps, unwrapping, unwrapped) When you unwrap something, you take off the paper, plastic, or other covering that is around it. I untied the bow and unwrapped the small box... ? wrap VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Open, unfold.

Moby Thesaurus

bare, break the seal, bring to light, cast off, clear, deobstruct, develop, disclose, discover, dismask, doff, douse, draw the veil, drop, expose, free, impart, lay bare, lay open, let daylight in, let out, manifest, open, open up, patefy, put off, raise the curtain, remove, reveal, show, show up, slip out of, step out of, strip bare, take off, throw off, unblock, uncase, unclench, uncloak, unclog, unclutch, uncork, uncover, uncurtain, undo, undrape, unfold, unfoul, unfurl, unkennel, unlatch, unlock, unmask, unpack, unplug, unroll, unscreen, unseal, unsheathe, unshroud, unshut, unstop, unveil