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English Dictionary: unwrap by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
unwrap
v
  1. remove the outer cover or wrapping of; "Let's unwrap the gifts!"; "undo the parcel"
    Synonym(s): unwrap, undo
    Antonym(s): 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"
    Synonym(s): unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Unwrap \Un*wrap"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + wrap.]
      To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded. --Chaucer.
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