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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WRAP, v.t. pret. and pp. wrapped or wrapt.
1. To wind or fold together. John 20.
2. To involve; to cover by winding something round; often with up; as, to wrap up a child in its blanket; wrap the body well with flannel in winter.
I, wrapt in mist of midnight vapor, glide obscure.
3. To involve; to hide; as truth wrapt in tales.
4. To comprise; to contain.
Leontines young wife, in whom all his happiness was wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of her daughter.
5. To involve totally.
Things reflected on in gross and transiently, are thought to be wrapped in impenetrable obscurity.
6. To inclose.
7. To snatch up; to transport. This is an error. It ought to be rapt. [See Rap and Rapt.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person [syn: wrap, 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 wrapped [syn: wrapping, wrap, wrapper] v
1: arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby before taking her out"; "Wrap the present" [syn: wrap, wrap up] [ant: undo, unwrap]
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" [syn: wind, wrap, roll, twine] [ant: unroll, unwind, wind off]
3: enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house" [syn: envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose]
4: crash into so as to coil around; "The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant"

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (wrapped; wrapping) Etymology: Middle English wrappen Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to cover especially by winding or folding b. to envelop and secure for transportation or storage ; bundle c. enfold, embrace d. to coil, fold, draw, or twine (as string or cloth) around something 2. a. surround, envelop b. to suffuse or surround with an aura or state <the affair was wrapped in scandal> c. to involve completely ; engross — usually used with up 3. to conceal or obscure as if by enveloping 4. to enclose as if with a protective covering 5. to finish filming or recording <wrap a movie> intransitive verb 1. to wind, coil, or twine so as to encircle or cover something 2. to put on clothing ; dress — usually used with up 3. to be subject to covering, enclosing, or packaging — usually used with up 4. to come to completion in filming or recording II. noun Date: 15th century 1. a. (1) wrapper, wrapping (2) material used for wrapping <plastic wrap> b. an article of clothing that may be wrapped around a person; especially an outer garment (as a coat or shawl) c. blanket d. a treatment for the care of the skin in which material (as hot wet cloth or seaweed) is wrapped around the entire body; also this material 2. a single turn or convolution of something wound around an object 3. plural a. restraint b. a shroud of secrecy <a plan kept under wraps> 4. the completion of a schedule or session for filming or recording III. adjective Date: 1923 wraparound 1

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. (wrapped, wrapping) 1 (often foll. by up) envelop in folded or soft encircling material (wrap it up in paper; wrap up a parcel). 2 (foll. by round, about) arrange or draw (a pliant covering) round (a person) (wrapped the scarf closer around me). 3 (foll. by round) sl. crash (a vehicle) into a stationary object. --n. 1 a shawl or scarf or other such addition to clothing; a wrapper. 2 esp. US material used for wrapping. Phrases and idioms: take the wraps off disclose. under wraps in secrecy. wrap-over adj. (attrib.) (of a garment) having no seam at one side but wrapped around the body and fastened. --n. such a garment. wrapped up in engrossed or absorbed in. wrap up 1 finish off, bring to completion (wrapped up the deal in two days). 2 put on warm clothes (mind you wrap up well). 3 (in imper.) sl. be quiet. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wrap 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wrap Wrap, n. A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.] 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(wraps, wrapping, wrapped) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When you wrap something, you fold paper or cloth tightly round it to cover it completely, for example in order to protect it or so that you can give it to someone as a present. Harry had carefully bought and wrapped presents for Mark to give them... Mexican Indians used to wrap tough meat in leaves from the papaya tree. ? unwrap VERB: V n, V n in n • Wrap up means the same as wrap. Diana is taking the opportunity to wrap up the family presents. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P 2. Wrap is the material that something is wrapped in. I tucked some plastic wrap around the sandwiches to keep them from getting stale. ...gift wrap. N-UNCOUNT: usu supp N 3. When you wrap something such as a piece of paper or cloth round another thing, you put it around it. She wrapped a handkerchief around her bleeding palm... VERB: V n around/over n 4. If someone wraps their arms, fingers, or legs around something, they put them firmly around it. He wrapped his arms around her. VERB: V n around n 5. see also wrapping 6. If you keep something under wraps, you keep it secret, often until you are ready to announce it at some time in the future. The bids were submitted in May and were meant to have been kept under wraps until October... PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Fold, lap, roll together, wrap up. 2. Envelop, cover (by winding or folding), infold, muffle.

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