unwrap, v.
(unwrapped, unwrapping, unwraps)
(unwrapped, unwrapping, unwraps)
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 56 freq. cnt.: 19 freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
break bring out disclose discover divulge expose give away let on let out reveal uncover unwrap
sample sentences
"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"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s that there was a traffic accident
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s that there was a traffic accident
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s that there was a traffic accident
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s that there was a traffic accident
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s that there was a traffic accident
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
blackwash
muckrake
blow
out
come out of the closet, out, come out
spring
betray, bewray
confide
leak
talk, blab, sing, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, tattle, peach, babble, babble out, blab out
reveal
cause
verb group
hypernym
remove the outer cover or wrapping of
<verb.contact>
undo unwrap
sample sentences
"Let's unwrap the gifts!""undo the parcel"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
antonym
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym