unwrap Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb remove the outer cover or wrapping of
    undo.
    • Let's unwrap the gifts!
    • undo the parcel
  2. verb make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
    disclose; reveal; bring out; expose; let on; discover; divulge; break; let out; give away.
    • The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
    • The actress won't reveal how old she is
    • bring out the truth
    • he broke the news to her
    • unwrap the evidence in the murder case

WordNet


Un*wrap" transitive verb
Etymology
1st pref. un- + wrap.
Definitions
  1. To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded. Chaucer.

Webster 1913