Wrap meaning
Wrap is defined as to surround or cover by folding around something.
An example of wrap is covering and attaching decorative paper to the outside of a gift box.
An example of wrap is someone hugging their arms and legs around a tree.
verb
To arrange or fold (something) about as cover or protection.
She wrapped her fur coat closely about herself.
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To cover, envelop, or encase, as by folding or coiling something about.
Wrapped my head in a scarf.
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To enclose, especially in paper, and fasten.
Wrap a package; wrapped up the peelings.
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To clasp, fold, or coil about something.
She wrapped her arms about his neck.
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To move (text that will not fit on a line) automatically to the following line.
verb
To envelop and obscure.
Fog wrapped the city.
verb
To engross.
She was wrapped in thought.
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To coil or twist about or around something.
The flag wrapped around the pole.
verb
To be moved automatically to the following line upon reaching a margin. Used of text.
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To put on warm clothing. Usually used with up.
verb
To conclude filming.
The movie is scheduled to wrap next week.
verb
A garment to be wrapped or folded about a person, especially an outer garment such as a robe, cloak, shawl, or coat.
noun
A blanket.
noun
A wrapping or wrapper.
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A flatbread, such as a tortilla or lavash, rolled around a filling.
noun
The completion of filming on a movie.
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To envelop, surround, overspread, etc. or hide, conceal, veil, etc. as by enveloping.
A town wrapped in fog.
verb
To enclose and fasten in a wrapper of paper, etc.
A box wrapped for mailing.
verb
To wind or fold.
To wrap one's arms around someone.
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To complete photographing (a film, scene, etc.)
verb
To twine, extend, coil, etc.
verb
To complete the photographing of a film, scene, etc.
verb
An outer covering.
- Something worn by being wrapped around the body, as a shawl.
- An outer garment, as an overcoat.
- A blanket.
- Material used for wrapping things.
noun
A kind of sandwich consisting of a piece of flatbread wrapped around any of various fillings.
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The completion of the photographing of a film, a scene, etc.
noun
A restoral mechanism employed in Resilient Packet Ring (RPR). In the event of a node or link failure, wrap calls for data to travel around the fiber optic ring until it reaches the node nearest the break. That node turns the traffic around and sends it in the reverse direction over the counter-rotating ring. See also dual counter-rotating ring, fiber optics, link, node, RPR, and steer.
(figuratively) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
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(intransitive, video production) To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.
To avoid going over budget, let's make sure we wrap by ten.
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(entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
noun
To surround or involve in a specified quality or atmosphere.
The plan was wrapped in secrecy.
verb
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under wraps
- Secret or concealed:.
idiom
wrapped up in
- Completely immersed or absorbed in:.She is wrapped up in her studies.
- Involved in:.They were wrapped up in criminal activities.
idiom
(kept) under wraps
- (kept) secret, concealed, etc.Plans for a surprise party kept under wraps.
idiom
wrapped up in
- Devoted to; absorbed or engrossed in (work, etc.).
- Involved or implicated in.
idiom
wrap up
- To enfold in a covering.
- To put on warm clothing.
idiom
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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of wrap
- Middle English wrappen wer-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English wrappen (“to wrap, fold"), from Old English *wræppan, *wrappan, from Proto-Germanic *wrappanÄ… (“to wrap, turn, twist"), from Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist, bend"). Akin to Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, lap, fold"), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up"), Danish dialectal vravle (“to wind, wind around"), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, scrunch the face"), Old Italian goluppare (“to wrap") (from Germanic). More at lap, envelop.
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