wrap

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: wrapperwrappingwrap upwindrolltwineenvelopenfoldenwrapenclose

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. cloak that is folded or wrapped around a personSynonyms: 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 wrappedSynonyms: wrappingwrapper

Verb (4)

  1. arrange or fold as a cover or protection“wrap the baby before taking her out”“Wrap the present”Synonyms: wrap up
  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”Synonyms: windrolltwine
  3. enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering“Fog enveloped the house”Synonyms: envelopenfoldenwrapenclose
  4. crash into so as to coil around“The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Wrap \Wrap\, n. A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling. [1913 Webster]
Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [A corrupt spelling of rap.] To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt. [1913 Webster]

Lo! where the stripling, wrapt in wonder, roves. --Beattie. [1913 Webster]

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.] [1913 Webster]

1.To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds. [1913 Webster]

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.[1913 Webster]
Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.— Bryant.[1913 Webster]

2.To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; -- often with up. [1913 Webster]

I . . . wrapt in mist Of midnight vapor, glide obscure.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by. [1913 Webster]

Wise poets that wrap truth in tales.— Carew.[1913 Webster]

To be wrapped up in, to be wholly engrossed in; to be entirely dependent on; to be covered with. [1913 Webster]

Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of her daughter.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . . are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable obscurity.— Locke.[1913 Webster]
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