WRAP (wrapped, wrapping)

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Irregular inflected forms: wrapped    , wrapping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does wrap mean? 

• WRAP (noun)
  The noun WRAP has 3 senses:

1. cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person

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

  Familiarity information: WRAP used as a noun is uncommon.

• WRAP (verb)
  The verb WRAP has 4 senses:

1. arrange or fold as a cover or protection

2. arrange or or coil around

3. enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering

4. crash into so as to coil around

  Familiarity information: WRAP used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WRAP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

wrap; wrapper

Hypernyms ("wrap" is a kind of...):

cloak (a loose outer garment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("wrap" is a kind of...):

sandwich (two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them)

Meronyms (parts of "wrap"):

tortilla (thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

wrap; wrapper; wrapping

Hypernyms ("wrap" is a kind of...):

covering (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wrap"):

film; plastic film (a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things)

gift wrapping (ornamental wrapping for gifts)

jacket (an outer wrapping or casing)

plastic wrap (wrapping consisting of a very thin transparent sheet of plastic)

envelope (any wrapper or covering)

Derivation:

wrap (arrange or fold as a cover or protection)

wrap (enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering)

• WRAP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they wrap    ... he / she / it wraps   
Past simple: wrapped   
Past participle: wrapped   
-ing form: wrapping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arrange or fold as a cover or protection

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

wrap; wrap up

Context example:

Wrap the present

Hypernyms (to "wrap" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wrap"):

do up (wrap for decorative purposes)

parcel (make into a wrapped container)

cere (wrap up in a cerecloth)

shrinkwrap (wrap something tightly with heated plastic that shrinks upon cooling)

gift-wrap (wrap (a gift) attractively)

shroud (wrap in a shroud)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Antonym:

unwrap (remove the outer cover or wrapping of)

Derivation:

wrap (the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped)

wrapper (a loose dressing gown for women)

wrapper (cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person)

wrapper (the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped)

wrapping (an enveloping bandage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Arrange or or coil around

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

roll; twine; wind; wrap

Context example:

She wrapped her arms around the child

Hypernyms (to "wrap" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wrap"):

reel (wind onto or off a reel)

coil; curl; loop (wind around something in coils or loops)

clew; clue (roll into a ball)

ball (form into a ball by winding or rolling)

spool (wind onto a spool or a reel)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence examples:

They wrap the wire around the stick
The wires wrap around the stick

Also:

wrap up (form a cylinder by rolling)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

enclose; enfold; envelop; enwrap; wrap

Context example:

Fog enveloped the house

Hypernyms (to "wrap" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wrap"):

benight (envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness)

tube (place or enclose in a tube)

capsulate; capsule; capsulise; capsulize (enclose in a capsule)

engulf (flow over or cover completely)

sheathe (enclose with a sheath)

cocoon (wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection)

bathe (suffuse or envelope with something)

cover; enshroud; hide; shroud (cover as if with a shroud)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

wrap (the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Crash into so as to coil around

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant

Hypernyms (to "wrap" is one way to...):

crash (cause to crash)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

Repeating nucleosome units contain two molecules each of core Histones H2A, H2B, H3, and H4 that form an octamer complex around which approximately 146 base pairs of DNA is wrapped.

(Histone H1, NCI Thesaurus)

She help me and I eat alone; and then we wrap in fur and lie beside the fire, and I tell her to sleep while I watch.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The affected area is then wrapped in a special bandage.

(Complex decongestive therapy, NCI Dictionary)

A virus that has an outer wrapping or envelope.

(Enveloped virus, NCI Dictionary)

She was wrapped up in Beth, and never wished to hear the word love again.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Because of this he could not follow the arguments closely, and he could only guess at and surmise the ideas wrapped up in such strange expressions.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

If you are not warm enough, you may take my cloak yonder; wrap it about you, and sit down in the arm-chair: there,—I will put it on.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

'If Miss Taylor undertakes to wrap Miss Emma up, you need not have any fears, sir.'

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

February 16 would be a good date to aim to have home-related matters wrapped up.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“Mother,” he said, with an impatient bite at the handkerchief in which his hand was wrapped, “you had better take and fire a loaded gun at me.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)