unpack

IPA: ʌnpˈæk

(transitive) To remove from a package or container, particularly with respect to items that had previously been arranged closely and securely in a pack.
(intransitive) To empty containers that had been packed.
(figurative, transitive) To analyze a concept or a text; to explain.
(linguistics, of a segment such as a vowel) To undergo separation of its features into distinct segments.
(computing, transitive) To unzip, decompress.

Examples of "unpack" in Sentences

And that possibility just presents a whole other box to "unpack," doesn't it?
When the French arrive at a new location, one of the first things they "unpack" are the "boules": "de-ball-er".
Some said set up a Resolution Trust Corporation to "unpack" the baskets piece by piece and put the mortgages back together like a giant puzzle.
To "unpack" means to put the statement or term or whatever is being unpacked in a more tangible context - often in the form of real life examples.
The default stub calls unpack (), you see, and PHP 6 needs to be told that the second argument to unpack () is a binary string and not a Unicode string.
Dudley, I have no idea how the term "unpack" came to mean "to elaborate," but that's what I think most people mean when they says that they're "unpacking" a statement.
"In order to give Democrats their fair share of seats, you'd have to 'unpack' urban Democratic neighborhoods by drawing long, narrow districts that start in the urban core and extend into the outer suburbs and rural periphery," says Dr. Chen, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan.
Dismantling Brown's district would have the side effect, of course, of allowing Democrats to "unpack" the district, taking its many Democratic voters and spreading them around nearby districts, creating three or four Democratic-leaning districts where there is currently just one solidly Democratic district.