unpack

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English unpakken, equivalent to un- +‎ pack. Compare Saterland Frisian uutpakje (“to unpack”), West Frisian útpakke (“to unpack”), Dutch uitpakken (“to unpack”), German auspacken (“to unpack”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʌnˈpæk/ Rhymes: -æk === Verb === unpack (third-person singular simple present unpacks, present participle unpacking, simple past and past participle unpacked) (transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack. (intransitive) To empty containers that had been packed. (figurative, transitive) To analyze a concept or a text; to explain. (linguistics, intransitive, of a segment such as a vowel) To undergo separation of its features into distinct segments. (computing, transitive) To decompress (data). Hyponym: zip ==== Antonyms ==== pack ==== Translations ====