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Dictionary: un·zip   (ŭn-zĭp') pronunciation

tr. & intr.v., -zipped, -zip·ping, -zips.
To open or unfasten by means of a zipper or become unzipped.


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To decompress a file in the .ZIP file format. See Zip file.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: open the zipper of
  Antonym: zip up (meaning #1)


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - lyne op, lyne ned
v. intr. - oplyne, (-ped) uden postnummer

Nederlands (Dutch)
los-/openritsen, los-/ opengaan

Français (French)
v. tr. - défaire la fermeture à glissière, (Comput) décompresser
v. intr. - s'ouvrir

Deutsch (German)
v. - (den Reißverschluß) öffnen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ανοίγω φερμουάρ

Italiano (Italian)
aprire, risolvere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - descompactar (Comp.)

Русский (Russian)
расстегивать застежку-молнию, преодолевать чье-л. сопротивление, успешно завершать что-л.

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - bajar la cremallera de, abrir el cierre
v. intr. - abrirse por cremallera

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - dra ner (blixtlås), öppnas med blixtlås

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
拉开, 拉开拉链

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 拉開
v. intr. - 拉開拉鏈

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 지퍼를 열다, (사건을) 해결하다
v. intr. - 지퍼로 열다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 開ける, ファスナーが開く, ファスナーで開く, ファスナーを開ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) فتح السحاب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פתח רוכסן‬
v. intr. - ‮נפתח (רוכסן)‬


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