wrap
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: automotive
broadcasting
card-games
computing
engineering
entertainment
lifestyle
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
poker
radio
sciences
television
transport
vehicles
Etymology: From Middle English wrappen (“to wrap, fold”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to North Frisian wrappe (“to press into; stop up”), dialectal Danish vrappe (“to stuff, cram”), Middle Low German rincworpen (“to envelop, wrap”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, scrunch the face”), all perhaps tied to Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist, bend”).
Compare also similar-sounding and similar-meaning Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, lap, envelop, fold”), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up”), Old Italian goluppare (“to wrap”) (from Germanic). Doublet of lap; related to envelop, develop. Also compare Latin verber (“whip, lash”).
Inflected forms:
form: wraps
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: wrapping
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: wrapped
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: wrapped
pos: verb
tags: past
form: wrapt
pos: verb
tags: archaic
participle
past
form: wrapt
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
form: wrop
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: wraps
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Christmas gifts are commonly known to be wrapped in paper.
I then dried these over a flame, and then, wrapping the formes and re-sealing them with my court seals — for my only commission, you see, was to report as to whether the type was unpied, and text ungarbled, and the formes all ready […]
gloss: To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A snake wraps itself around its prey.
Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch / About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
The prehistoric caribou they had already liberated was wrapped in a space blanket and carefully tied to a sled. The Science Foundation team had then moved on to a deep translucent blue seam in the ice that proved to be a window on the rest of the ungulant herd standing poised in suspended animation, as if waiting for time to start again.
gloss: To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: wise poets that wrap truth in tales
gloss: To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: To avoid going over budget, let's make sure we wrap by ten. (compare wrap up 2)
gloss: To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line
pos: verb
tags: transitive
usually
examples: I wrapped the text so that I wouldn't need to scroll to the right to read it.
gloss: To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: The row counter wraps back to zero when no more rows can be inserted.
gloss: Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The media theorist Peter Lunenfeld[…] says illustrative art is often used to defang threatening technology. He compares the Waymo wraps to Google Doodles, which distract people while they are using a complex and opaque search engine algorithm that is “almost fully beyond our ken.”
gloss: A loose piece of women's clothing that one wraps around the body; a shawl or scarf.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An outer garment worn as protection while riding, travelling etc.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
in-plural
uncountable
examples: ‘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.
gloss: A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: But she could knock off right after the wrap, have dinner, and take a later flight.
The first time I met him is when we went to the – after the wrap party, we went to a little sound room – or a little screening room and watched the preview
And that's a wrap on "News Watch." For Judy, Jim, Cal and Kirsten, I'm Jon Scott. We'll see you again next week.'
gloss: A wraparound mortgage.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A complete news report ready for broadcast, incorporating spoken reporting and other material.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: This is a news report from the scene of the event. When a voicer and an actuality are combined into one complete story, it's known as a wrap.
Attend a news conference, and prepare a wrap or package.
gloss: The act of wrapping.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Give the present a quick wrap before James sees it.
I started out by wrapping the first thread around a ruler for 1 inch and found that it had 24 wraps to the inch.
gloss: A straight draw in which there are more than 8 outs to complete the straight, especially in Omaha hold 'em.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
Antonyms: unwrap
Derived words: gift-wrap
not wrapped too tight
riddle wrapped up in an enigma
shrink-wrap
shrink-wrapped
soft-wrap
wrap around
wrap around one's little finger
wrap-around
wraparound
wrap in cotton wool
wrap in the flag
wrap it before you tap it
wrap one's arms around
wrap one's brain around
wrap one's head around
wrap one's mind around
wrappable
wrapper
wrapping
wrapround
wrap-round
wrap-up
wrap up
alpha wrap
body wrap
book wrap
breakfast wrap
bubble wrap
bubble-wrap
cash wrap
cling wrap
cling-wrap
daily wrap
diaper wrap
evening wrap
fish wrap
fish-wrap
food wrap
giftwrap
glad wrap
nappy wrap
omega wrap
saran-wrap
saran wrap
Saran wrap
spider wrap
stretch wrap
tea-wrap
that's a wrap
tie wrap
under wraps
voice wrap
wire wrap
word wrap
wrap account
wrap dress
wrap party
wrap service
wrist wrap
Translations:
lang: Bulgarian
word: опаковка
roman: opakovka
lang: Choctaw
word: afoachi
lang: Finnish
word: kääre
lang: German
word: Umhüllung
lang: German
word: Verpackung
lang: Malay
word: bungkus
lang: Polish
word: opakowanie