Unwrap Meaning
/ʌnˈɹæp/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.
verbTo become unwrapped.
Sentence Examples
I'm going to unwrap the package.
Go ahead and unwrap your gift.
Would you like me to unwrap that for you?
CEFR Practice Quiz
She told the child to carefully ____ the gift by pulling the tape, not tearing the paper.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The child could not wait to ____ his birthday presents and see what was hidden inside the colorful paper today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English unwrappen, equivalent to un- + wrap.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"For at least two hours the Boy loved him, and then Aunts and Uncles came to dinner, and there was a great rustling of tissue paper and unwrapping of parcels, and in the excitement of looking at all the new presents the Velveteen Rabbit was forgotten."
— 1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
"Soon the plate was full of wingless bats and batless wings. He covered the plate of broken bats and quickly unwrapped the plate of cat cookies. Snap, snap, snap went their tails. Snap, snap, snap went their legs."
— 2010, Ann M. Jayne, Kory's Jungle, page 145:
"“I like your glasses,” she says as she unwraps a platter of brownies. “They’re very hip. Retro, even.”"
— 2015, Carrie Mesrobian, Cut Both Ways, New York, N.Y.: Harper, →ISBN, pages 6–7:
"Use the SHIFT key to unwrap text."
— 1996, Levi Reiss, The Eudora User's Guide, page 246:
"Each of us, content within / this yuletide season we begin, / the cheerfulness of eager voices, / at each unwrap, a child rejoices."
— 2010, Gilbert Goodman, It's Poetry: Suck it Up!, page 17:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She told the child to carefully ____ the gift by pulling the tape, not tearing the paper.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The child could not wait to ____ his birthday presents and see what was hidden inside the colorful paper today.