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Meaning of 'wrap' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Wrap [ n.]
- A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.
2 . Wrap [ v. t.]
- To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.
- To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.
- To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; -- often with up.
- To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by.

Meaning of 'wrap' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . wrap [ v]
Meaning (1):
- enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
Example in sentence:
  • Fog enveloped the house
Meaning (2):
- arrange or or coil around
Example in sentence:
  • roll your hair around your finger;
  • She wrapped her arms around the child;
  • Twine the thread around the spool
Meaning (3):
- crash into so as to coil around
Example in sentence:
  • The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant
Meaning (4):
- arrange or fold as a cover or protection
Example in sentence:
  • wrap the baby before taking her out;
  • Wrap the present

Nearby Words:

wrack wrackful wrain-bolt wraith wrangle wrangled wrangler wranglership wranglesome wrangling

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