unwrapv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈrap/, U.S. /ˌənˈræp/ 1. figurative.1889 R. Bridges Sonn. xxix The sun's first rays, That lift the dark west and unwrap the night.† b. figurative. To unfold, reveal, disclose, explain. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To remove the wrapping from; to uncover by removing a wrapping or the like. Also reflexive.Before c1820 somewhat rare; cf. sense 2.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > unwrap
unwrapc1386
unswathea1400
unfold1553
unswaddle1579
unwind1596
c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Prol. 5 So soore artow ywoundid That verray nede vnwrappeth al thy wounde hid.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 769/1 Unwrappe this same and looke what is in it.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Dessiller, to vn~wrappe his eies, to restore the sight.
a1618 Sylvester Pibrac's Titrastica lxxxiii Her spightfull Cords shee can so closely knit, That though at last wee happen to un-wrap us; The print thereof still in our Fames will sit.
1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 119 The man-slayer was unwrapping the bundle.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. iii. xxii. 145 He had wrapped the box up in a great many covers, that he might see Hetty unwrapping it with growing curiosity.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)]
unwryc825
unhelec1000
to draw forthc1175
unhillc1200
to bring forth?c1225
unsteekc1250
let witc1275
uncovera1300
wraya1300
knowc1300
barea1325
shrivec1374
unwrapc1374
again-covera1382
nakena1382
outc1390
tellc1390
disclosea1393
cough1393
unhidea1400
unclosec1400
unhaspc1400
bewrayc1405
reveal1409
accusea1413
reveil1424
unlocka1425
unrekec1425
disclude?1440
uncurec1440
utter1444
detect1447
break1463
expose1483
divinec1500
revelate1514
to bring (also put) to light1526
decipher1529
rake1547
rip1549
unshadow1550
to lay to sight1563
uppen1565
unlace1567
unvisor?1571
resign1572
uncloak1574
disshroud1577
spill1577
reap1578
unrip1579
scour1585
unharboura1586
unmask1586
uncase1587
descrya1591
unclasp?1592
unrive1592
discover1594
unburden1594
untomb1594
unhusk1596
dismask1598
to open upc1600
untruss1600
divulge1602
unshale1606
unbrace1607
unveil1609
rave1610
disveil1611
unface1611
unsecret1612
unvizard1620
to open up1624
uncurtain1628
unscreen1628
unbare1630
disenvelop1632
unclothe1632
to lay forth1633
unshroud1633
unmuffle1637
midwife1638
dissecret1640
unseal1640
unmantle1643
to fetch out1644
undisguise1655
disvelop1658
decorticate1660
clash1667
exert1692
disinter1711
to up with1715
unbundlea1739
develop1741
disembosom1745
to open out1814
to let out1833
unsack1846
uncrown1849
to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861
unfrock1866
disbosom1868
to blow the lid off1928
flush1950
surface1955
to take or pull the wraps off1964
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iv. pr. vi. 133 Þou hast ȝeuen..me to vnwrappen þe hidde causes of þinges.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) iii. f. 181 I will disclose my greatest secreate... I will, I say, vnwrappe my hidden estate.
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xvii. lxxxvii. 313 That so I could the Catalogue vnwrap Of thy great nephewes, yet vnborne.
c. To deliver out of, release from, free of, some envelopment; to liberate or set free. Also figurative.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] > make easy or easier > make free of hindrances or encumberment > from contact or entanglement
unwrap1561
clear1591
disentangle1598
disinvolve1611
disimplicate1660
unmesh1844
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 12 Like a maze, out of which we can not vnwrapp our selues, vnlesse [etc.].
1568 Earl of Sussex in E. Lodge Illustr. Brit. Hist. (1791) II. 6 And, lastly, to foresee that these Scotts on bothe sydes packe not together, so as to unwrappe..ther mystres owte of all present slaunders, purge her openly [etc.].
1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote xlviii. 321 Vnwrapping him from the Sheet and the Quilt, they pinched him.
a1849 T. L. Beddoes Torrismond i. iii, in Poems (1851) I. 85 Unwrap me of my years, And hunt me..Into my mother's womb: there unbeget me.
2.
a. To open, unwind, or unroll (what is wrapped or wound); †to unfurl (a sail). Also figurative.Rare before 19th cent.; cf. sense 1.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > expound, explain [verb (transitive)]
arecchec885
unloukOE
overrunOE
sutelec1000
trahtnec1000
unfolda1050
belayc1175
openc1175
onopena1200
accountc1300
undo?a1366
remenea1382
interpret1382
unwrap1387
exploitc1390
enlumine1393
declarec1400
expoundc1400
unplait?c1400
enperc1420
planea1425
clearc1440
exponec1440
to lay outc1440
to give (also carry) lightc1449
unwind1482
expose1483
reducea1500
manifest1530
explicate1531
explaina1535
unlock?1536
dilucidate1538
elucidate1538
illustrate1538
rechec1540
explicate1543
illucidate1545
enucleate1548
unsnarl1555
commonstrate1563
to lay forth1577
straighten1577
unbroid1577
untwist1577
decipherc1586
illuminate1586
enlighten1587
resolvec1592
cipher1594
eliquidate1596
to take (a person) with one1599
rivelc1600
ravel1604
unbowel1606
unmist1611
extricate1614
unbolta1616
untanglea1616
enode1623
unperplexa1631
perspicuate1634
explata1637
unravel1637
esclarea1639
clarify1642
unweave1642
detenebrate1646
dismystery1652
undecipher1654
unfork1654
unparadox1654
reflect1655
enodate1656
unmysterya1661
liquidatea1670
recognize1676
to clear upa1691
to throw sidelight on1726
to throw (also cast, shed) light on (also upon)1731
eclaircise1754
irradiate1864
unbraid1880
predigest1905
to get (something) straight1920
disambiguate1960
demystify1963
society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > set or spread (sails) > unfurl
unwrap1582
to let fly1627
unfurl1717
devolve1765
break1889
the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > unfurl or unfold
unfoldc890
untrenda1272
displayc1330
splayc1330
unplyc1330
outrolla1393
unlapa1400
unplight?c1400
unrollc1425
deploy1477
to shake outc1550
explicate1562
disvelop1592
unfurl1641
develop1656
unwrap1807
unshroud1846
to roll out1849
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Tiber.) f. 3 Þis matyre..haþ meny..wyndyngs and wrynkklyngs þat wol noȝt be vnwrappid.
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Tiber.) f. 3 My wyt ys ful lytel to vnwrappe þe gret hardnes of so wondre werks.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 50 Our sayls vnwrapped vphoysing,..thee rough seas deepelye we furrowe.
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iii. 130 Where the savage leader lay..[he] directs his eager way, Unwraps the tyger's hide, and strives..To close the wound.
1862 J. Ruskin Unto this Last ii. 60 Rags unwrapped from the breasts of goodly soldiers dead.
1894 A. Robertson Nuggets 27 He unwrapped his blankets, [and] spread them on the bed.
b. (See quot. 1859.)
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the world > space > shape > straightness > make straight [verb (transitive)]
unfoldc890
evenOE
rightc1275
rectifyc1475
straight1530
unbow1538
straighten1542
unarch1598
uncrisp1598
uncurl1598
undouble1611
untuck1611
unwind1614
bendc1616
unbend1663
unwarp1670
evolve1689
unwrap1859
unkink1891
dekink1957
1859 T. Lund Elem. Geom. & Mensuration iii. 316 We may call attention to two cases of curved surfaces, where the surface can be unwrapped, so as to form a plane surface.
3. intransitive. To undergo unwrapping or unwinding.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > uncoiling or unwinding > become uncoiled or unwound [verb (intransitive)]
uncurl1594
outwind1596
ravel1603
unravel1643
unwind1656
unreel1749
to wind off1760
unwrap1833
uncoil1854
reel1906
the world > space > extension in space > extend in space [verb (intransitive)] > unfurl or unfold
unfoldc1350
unlapa1400
unroll1594
evolute1793
unfurl1814
unwrapc1888
1833 W. Whewell Astron. & Gen. Physics 218 A stone at the end of a string, when the string is whirled round, and is allowed to wrap round the hand, or to unwrap from it.
c1888 W. B. Yeats Poems (1912) 261 Joy..stirs the young kid's budding horn, And makes the infant ferns unwrap.
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