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# unzip

«unzip» in Mova's school dictionary: **to open its zip (US: zipper)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (unzip, unzips, unzipped, unzipping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To unzip something is to open its zip (US: zipper). [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unzip/#m2)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unzip» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unzip/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.