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# unzip

verb (unzip, unzips, unzipped, unzipping)

«unzip» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To unzip something is to open its zip (US: zipper). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unzip/#m1)
2. (computers) To unzip a file is to open a compressed (zipped) file so you can use what is inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unzip/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used about coats, bags, tents and pencil cases; in computing lessons about files.

### Examples

- Unzip your coat when you come inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unzip/#x1)
- She unzipped her pencil case and took out a pen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unzip/#x2)
- The tent was unzipped and the cold came in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unzip/#x3)
- He unzipped his backpack to find his lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unzip/#x4)
- Download the folder and unzip it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unzip/#x5)
- The game files must be unzipped before you can play. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unzip/#x6)

### Note

Double «p» in «unzipped», «unzipping». British English «zip»; American «zipper», but both say «unzip». Opposite: «zip up». A zipped file is smaller; unzipping makes it full size again.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unzip» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unzip/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unzip» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unzip.html) on Mova free.