v. To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.
v. To empty containers that had been packed.
v. To analyze a concept or a text.
v. To undergo separation of its features into distinct segments.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To separate and remove, as things packed; to open and remove the contents of.
v. To relieve of a pack or burden.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To open, as things packed: as, to unpack goods.
To relieve of a pack or burden; unload; disburden.
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v. remove from its packing
Word Usage
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