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Wrap

Wrap Meaning & Definition
Wrap Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Wrap?

[n] cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
[n] the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped
[v] arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby before taking her out"; "Wrap the present"
[v] wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"
[v] enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Wrap: enclose | enfold | envelop | enwrap | roll | twine | wind | wrap up | wrapper | wrapping

Related Terms | Find terms related to Wrap:

See Also | ball | bathe | benight | capsulate | capsule | capsulise | capsulize | cere | clew | cloak | clue | cocoon | coil | cover | covering | curl | displace | do up | engulf | enshroud | envelope | film | gift wrapping | gift-wrap | hide | involve | jacket | loop | move | parcel | plastic film | plastic wrap | reel | roll up | sheathe | shrinkwrap | shroud | spool

Wrap In Webster's Dictionary

\Wrap\, v. t. [A corrupt spelling of rap.] To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt. Lo! where the stripling, wrapt in wonder, roves. --Beattie.
\Wrap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrapped}or {Wrapt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wrapping}.] [OE. wrappen, probably akin to E. warp. [root]144. Cf. {Warp}.] 1. To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds. 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. Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. --Bryant. 2. To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; -- often with up. I . . . wrapt in mist Of midnight vapor, glide obscure. --Milton. 3. To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by. Wise poets that wrap truth in tales. --Carew. {To be wrapped up in}, to be wholly engrossed in; to be entirely dependent on; to be covered with. Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of her daughter. --Addison. Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . . are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable obscurity. --Locke.
\Wrap\, n. A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.

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