[syn: envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose]
4. crash into so as to coil around;
- Example: "The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wrap \Wrap\, n.
A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs,
shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [A corrupt spelling of rap.]
To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.
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Lo! where the stripling, wrapt in wonder, roves.
--Beattie.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrappedor Wrapt; p. pr. &
vb. n. Wrapping.] [OE. wrappen, probably akin to E. warp.
[root]144. Cf. Warp.]
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1. To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.
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Then cometh Simon Peter, . . . and seeth . . . the
napkin that was about his head, not lying with the
linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by
itself. --John xx. 6,
7.
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Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
--Bryant.
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2. To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to
involve; to infold; -- often with up.
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I . . . wrapt in mist
Of midnight vapor, glide obscure. --Milton.
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3. To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to
involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by.
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Wise poets that wrap truth in tales. --Carew.
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To be wrapped up in, to be wholly engrossed in; to be
entirely dependent on; to be covered with.
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Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was
wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of
her daughter. --Addison.
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Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . .
are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable
obscurity. --Locke.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wrap
n 1: cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person [syn:
wrap, wrapper]
2: a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft
tortilla
3: the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something
is wrapped [syn: wrapping, wrap, wrapper]
v 1: arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby
before taking her out"; "Wrap the present" [syn: wrap,
wrap up] [ant: undo, unwrap]
2: arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your
finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped
her arms around the child" [syn: wind, wrap, roll,
twine] [ant: unroll, unwind, wind off]
3: enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering;
"Fog enveloped the house" [syn: envelop, enfold,
enwrap, wrap, enclose]
4: crash into so as to coil around; "The teenager wrapped his
car around the fire hydrant"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
151 Moby Thesaurus words for "wrap":
apparel, array, attire, bale, band, bandage, bandaging, bedeck,
bedrape, beleaguer, belt, bend, beset, besiege, bind, bind up,
binder, binding, blockade, bound, box, box in, brace, bundle,
bundle up, cage, camouflage, case, casual clothes, chain, chamber,
cinch, cloak, close, close in, clothe, compass, compass about,
contain, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, corral, crate,
deck, dight, dishabille, do up, drape, dress, dud, dust jacket,
embay, embosom, embox, embrace, encapsulate, encase, encircle,
enclasp, enclose, enclothe, encompass, endue, enfold, enrobe,
enshrine, enshroud, envelop, envelope, envelopment, environ,
enwrap, fence in, garb, garment, gift wrapping, gird, girdle, girt,
girth, go around, go round, habilitate, hedge in, hem in, house in,
impound, imprison, incarcerate, include, invest, involve, jacket,
jail, kennel, lace, lap, lash, leaguer, leash, mask, mew, mew up,
muffle up, neglige, negligee, pack, package, parcel, pen, pen in,
pocket, quarantine, rag out, rail in, raiment, robe, roll up, rope,
sheathe, shrine, shroud, shut in, shut up, smother,
something comfortable, splice, sport clothes, stable, strap,
surround, swaddle, swathe, tie, tie up, tire, truss, truss up,
undress, veil, wall in, wire, wrap about, wrap up, wrapper,
wrapping, yard, yard up