unwrap meaning

unwrap as a verb

1. remove the outer cover or wrapping of
   • Let's unwrap the gifts!
   • undo the parcel

   Synonyms: undo

   Opposite: wrap

   Type of: uncover

2. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
   • 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
   • The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings

   Synonyms: disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out, uncover

   Type of: tell

   Kinds: blackwash, muckrake, blow, out, come out of the closet, spring, betray, confide, leak, spill the beans, reveal

How to pronounce unwrap

unwrap is pronounced /ʌnˈræp/ in British English and /ənˈræp/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.

Words that rhyme with unwrap

• snap
• trap
• tap
• cap
• clap
• flap
• gap
• lap
• map
• scrap
• strap
• pap
• sap
• yap
• chap
• slap
• hap
• nap
• zap
• crap
• frap
• entrap