unwrap
Americanverb (used with object)
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unwraps,
present (3rd person singular)
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unwrapped,
past participle, past
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unwrapping
present participle
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to remove or open the wrapping of.
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to open (something wrapped).
Sheila unwrapped the Christmas presents quickly.
verb (used without object)
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unwraps,
present (3rd person singular)
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unwrapped,
past participle, past
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unwrapping
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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unwrapsimple
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unwrapssimple
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have unwrappedperfect
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has unwrappedperfect
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am unwrappingprogressive
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are unwrappingprogressive
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is unwrappingprogressive
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have been unwrappingperfect progressive
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has been unwrappingperfect progressive
Past
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unwrappedsimple
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had unwrappedperfect
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was unwrappingprogressive
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were unwrappingprogressive
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had been unwrappingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of unwrap
Example Sentences
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Your appetite has been sharpened by sun, distance and swimming, and what you unwrap tastes less like something that survived the journey than something that has been quietly getting ready for you.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
We decided to open it last and fought over who got to unwrap it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
It’s almost time to unwrap those presents: Christmas is coming up on Thursday, Dec. 25.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 2025
Let’s unwrap why Phreesia is still a buy for 2026.
From Barron's ● Dec. 22, 2025
Petrified, he watched as Quirrell reached up and began to unwrap his turban.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
Writer-director Aaron Schimberg unwraps the bandages on a fragile, anxious New Yorker’s experimental facial transformation in the strange, funny, superbly acted “A Different Man,” starring Sebastian Stan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024
The Ukrainian peels back a plastic bag, unwraps a towel and, with a smile, wipes some dust from the Bellator welterweight title belt.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2023
For the solo she has titled “Caged Thoughts,” Phillips wraps and unwraps herself in impassioned anguish.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
The look on his face as he unwraps the gift is priceless.
From The Verge ● Nov. 22, 2021
Rabiya squeals as she unwraps her package and holds up her outfit, which is extra sparkly in the garage light.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
Inside a sparse room he rented in Foshan for $3 a day, he unwrapped a strip of coated wood, evidence for prospective employers of his life’s work painting furniture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
Investors haven’t unwrapped it just yet, distracted by piecing together the year’s sprawling artificial-intelligence trade.
From Barron's ● Dec. 11, 2025
“Hi. Is everyone — is everyone good? Comfortable? Snacks unwrapped? Hello. Hi. Welcome.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
Mr Baker was discovered in his room in April 2021 with an unwrapped, partially eaten chocolate bar by his bed.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
He pulled the packet out and carefully unwrapped the pictures inside.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
A trip to ancient Egypt, for instance, leads to one of the Minions running out of toilet paper and accidentally unwrapping a nearby mummy’s bandages for the purpose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
And at a Valentine's Day viewing of Wuthering Heights earlier this year, a woman nearby in the auditorium was eating a huge chocolate heart, unwrapping a crinkly wrapper in the process.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026
The anticipation of unwrapping a present heightens the excitement, which might account for enthusiasm about the delayed November consumer-price index reading on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025
There, a narrator and singer welcomes and regales guests with tales of how different Latin countries present stories of Santa Claus, or, say, the joy of unwrapping a tamale.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
Ella ran her fingers over the tiny thumping emblem before unwrapping and devouring the rich chocolate.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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