unpack Hear it!

unpack definition

un·pack (-pak′)

transitive verb

  1. to open and remove the packed contents of
  2. to take from a crate, trunk, etc.
  3. to remove a pack or load from
  4. to analyze and explain in detail to unpack a complex idea

intransitive verb

  1. to remove the contents of a packed trunk, suitcase, etc.
  2. to admit of being unpacked

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.