unzip

/ʌnˈzɪp/ verb [T] (present participle unzipping, past tense and past participle unzipped)

Definition

› to open something by using its zip (= two rows of metal or plastic points that fasten two sides together) : He unzipped his trousers.

› to make a file bigger again after it has been zipped (= made smaller so that you can send or store it) so that it can easily be used

(Definition of unzip verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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