"unzip" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unzip.wav [Southern-England] Forms: unzips [present, singular, third-person], unzipping [participle, present], unzipped [participle, past], unzipped [past]
Rhymes: -ɪp Etymology: From un- + zip. Etymology templates: {{af|en|un-|zip|id1=reversive}} un- + zip Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} unzip (third-person singular simple present unzips, present participle unzipping, simple past and past participle unzipped)
  1. (transitive) To open something using a zipper. Tags: transitive Translations (to open something using a zipper): отварям ципа (otvarjam cipa) (Bulgarian), avata vetoketju (Finnish), kicipzároz (Hungarian), kinyitja a cipzárját (Hungarian), dêziper (Norman)
    Sense id: en-unzip-en-verb-waf94c~Z Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 42 41 Disambiguation of 'to open something using a zipper': 80 14 6
  2. (intransitive) To come open by means of a zipper. Tags: intransitive Translations (to come open by means of a zipper): kinyílik a cipzárja (Hungarian), dêziper (Norman)
    Sense id: en-unzip-en-verb-HTMCSm2C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with un- (reversive) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 48 44 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 42 41 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (reversive): 20 45 35 Disambiguation of 'to come open by means of a zipper': 8 85 7
  3. (computing, transitive) To restore (compressed data) to its original form, from a zip file. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: to decompress a zip file): разгъвам (razgǎvam) (Bulgarian), разархивирам (razarhiviram) (Bulgarian), descomprimir (Catalan), 解壓縮 (Chinese Mandarin), 解压缩 (jiěyāsuō) (Chinese Mandarin), dekomprimovat (Czech), purkaa (Finnish), décompresser (French), dézipper (French), descomprimir (Galician), entpacken (German), dekomprimieren (German), entzippen (German), αποσυμπιέζω (aposympiézo) (Greek), חלץ (h'aletz) [masculine] (Hebrew), פשט (fashét) [masculine] (Hebrew), kicsomagol (Hungarian), kibont (Hungarian), kitömörít (Hungarian), afþjappa (Icelandic), decomprimere (Italian), whewhera (Maori), dêziper (Norman), descomprimir (Occitan), descomprimir (Portuguese), descompactar (Portuguese), deszipar (Portuguese), descomprimir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-unzip-en-verb-rpmaaZT5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 48 44 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 16 42 41 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: to decompress a zip file': 9 21 70

Inflected forms

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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "computing: to decompress a zip file",
      "word": "entpacken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "computing: to decompress a zip file",
      "word": "dekomprimieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "computing: to decompress a zip file",
      "word": "entzippen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aposympiézo",
      "sense": "computing: to decompress a zip file",
      "word": "αποσυμπιέζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "h'aletz",
      "sense": "computing: to decompress a zip file",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "חלץ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "fashét",
      "sense": "computing: to decompress a zip file",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פשט"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "computing: to decompress a zip file",
      "word": "kicsomagol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "computing: to decompress a zip file",
      "word": "kibont"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "computing: to decompress a zip file",
      "word": "kitömörít"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "computing: to decompress a zip file",
      "word": "afþjappa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "computing: to decompress a zip file",
      "word": "decomprimere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "computing: to decompress a zip file",
      "word": "whewhera"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "computing: to decompress a zip file",
      "word": "dêziper"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "computing: to decompress a zip file",
      "word": "descomprimir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "computing: to decompress a zip file",
      "word": "descomprimir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "computing: to decompress a zip file",
      "word": "descompactar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "computing: to decompress a zip file",
      "word": "deszipar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "computing: to decompress a zip file",
      "word": "descomprimir"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unzip"
}

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