Meaning of WRAP
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap, roll, twine, wind, wrap up, wrapper, wrapping |
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| | Antonyms: | | undo, unroll, unwind, unwrap, wind off | | |
| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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