Wrap
[ræp]
Definition
(noun.) cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person.
(noun.) a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla.
(verb.) arrange or fold as a cover or protection; 'wrap the baby before taking her out'; 'Wrap the present'.
(verb.) crash into so as to coil around; 'The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant'.
Checker: Tanya--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.
(v. t.) To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.
(v. t.) To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; -- often with up.
(v. t.) To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by.
(n.) A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.
Checked by Laurie
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Fold, lap, roll together, wrap up.[2]. Envelop, cover (by winding or folding), infold, muffle.
Editor: Ronda
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wind, fold, muffle, cover, involve, infold, envelop, encumber
ANT:Unwind, unfold, develop, unwrap, eliminate
Edited by Lancelot
Definition
v.t. to roll or fold together: to enfold: hide: to cover by winding something round (often with up):—pr.p. wrap′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. wrapped.—n. a wrapper as a shawl &c.—ns. Wrap′page act of wrapping: things used as wrappers; Wrap′per one who or that which wraps: a loose outer garment of a woman; Wrap′ping; Wrap′-ras′cal a loose greatcoat worn about 1740 (a humorous term).—Wrapped up in bound up in: engrossed with: comprised in.
Same as Rap.
Edited by Harold
Examples
- What did you wrap _this_ round the book for? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Would he wrap it about his throat--his head? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They used skins to wrap about them, and the women probably dressed the skins. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I was forced to wrap myself up in my greatcoat and woollen trousers; everything else about the bed was shockingly dirty. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- They were, in fact, except for a fur wrap in cold weather, naked painted savages. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If thou wilt wrap the picture up and let me take it home I will show it to my husband, and if he approves I will send thee the price of it to-morrow. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In the latter certain parts of the gun were wrapped with wire in the form of a ribbon. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- She made no reply--she seemed to be too much wrapped up in her own thoughts to attend to me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Beth was too shy to enjoy society, and Jo too wrapped up in her to care for anyone else. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Supposing him wrapped up as those two passengers were, is there anything in his bulk and stature to render it unlikely that he was one of them? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Round one of his hands he had a handkerchief wrapped, which was mottled all over with bloodstains. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- That's the man, wrapped in the cloak. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The same girl who feeds the gum into the wrapping machine closes the lids of the boxes and places them on a packing table by her side. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I shall no longer call you the Fairy of Midnight, he whispered, wrapping the shawl round her shoulders; your name will be the 'Moon Elf. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He held up a soup-tin-shaped bomb, with a tape wrapping around a wire loop. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Relieved of her wrapping, she appeared exceedingly tiny; but was a neat, completely-fashioned little figurelight, slight, and straight. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The chewing gum wrapping machine is considered by machinery builders to be one of the most ingenious automatic manufacturing machines in use. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the United States alone 67 patents had been granted up to 1895 for fruit wrapping machines. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I see you have had our Lowick Cicero here, she said, seating herself comfortably, throwing back her wraps, and showing a thin but well-built figure. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Dorothea, feeling very weary, rang and asked Tantripp to bring her some wraps. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But their garments were mere wraps; there are no clasps or catches to be found. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When he sleeps he wraps that tail around him to keep warm. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Wrapt up in a cloak of politeness, she seemed determined to hazard nothing. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Then wrapt they in soft purple veils the rich urn, digg'd a pit, Grav'd it, built up the grave with stones, and quickly piled on it A barrow. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I lighted the lamps of my carriage; I wrapt her in furs, and placed her along the seat; then taking the reins, made the horses go forward. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- After battling for many tedious minutes with the precipice, the same scene presented itself to me, which had wrapt him in extatic wonder. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Whilst gazing in wrapt admiration at the architectural beauties of the cathedral, the spectator's attention was disturbed by sounds underground. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- You young things, wrapt up in yourselves and in earthly hopes, scarcely live as Christ lived. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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