unpack

About 0.45 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.

   They didn't have time to unpack their bags before going out to dinner.

2. verb To empty containers that had been packed.

   They didn't have time to unpack before going to dinner.

3. verb To analyze a concept or a text; to explain.
4. verb To undergo separation of its features into distinct segments.
5. verb To decompress (data).

Similar words

take out untie undo lose range unpackage depackage unparcel depalletize unbox

Often followed by

the and it my his them your her their

Word family

unpacked unpacker unpackers unpacking unpacks