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wrap (rap)

transitive verb wrapped, wrapping wrap′·ping

    1. to wind or fold (a covering) around something
    2. to cover by this means
  1. to envelop, surround, overspread, etc. or hide, conceal, veil, etc. as by enveloping a town wrapped in fog
  2. to enclose and fasten in a wrapper of paper, etc. a box wrapped for mailing
  3. to wind or fold to wrap one's arms around someone
  4. Film to complete photographing (a film, scene, etc.)

Etymology: ME wrappen

intransitive verb

  1. to twine, extend, coil, etc.: usually with over, around, etc.
  2. Film to complete the photographing of a film, scene, etc.

noun

  1. an outer covering; esp.,
    1. something worn by being wrapped around the body, as a shawl
    2. an outer garment, as an overcoat
    3. a blanket
    4. material used for wrapping things
  2. secrecy; censorship; concealment plans kept under wraps
  3. a kind of sandwich consisting of a piece of flatbread wrapped around any of various fillings
  4. Film the completion of the photographing of a film, a scene, etc.
wrap Idioms

wrapped up in

  1. devoted to; absorbed or engrossed in (work, etc.)
  2. involved or implicated in

wrap up

  1. to enfold in a covering
  2. to put on warm clothing
  3. Informal
    1. to bring to an end; make final; conclude; settle
    2. to give a concluding, summarizing statement, report, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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