unpack

Meanings

1. To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.
2. To empty containers that had been packed.
3. To analyze a concept or a text; to explain.
4. To undergo separation of its features into distinct segments.
5. To decompress (data).

Etymology

From Middle English unpakken, equivalent to un- + pack. Compare Saterland Frisian uutpakje (“to unpack”), West Frisian útpakke (“to unpack”), Dutch uitpakken (“to unpack”), German auspacken (“to unpack”).