[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"