unpack

Meaning

Verb

• To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.
• To empty containers that had been packed.
• To analyze a concept or a text.
• To undergo separation of its features into distinct segments.
• To unzip, decompress.

Related

Opposite words

• pack

Origin

• From Middle English unpakken, equivalent to . Compare Saterland Frisian uutpakje, West Frisian útpakke, Dutch uitpakken, German auspacken.