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.]
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1. To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.
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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.
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Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
--Bryant.
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2. To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to
involve; to infold; -- often with up.
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I . . . wrapt in mist
Of midnight vapor, glide obscure. --Milton.
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3. To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to
involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by.
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Wise poets that wrap truth in tales. --Carew.
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To be wrapped up in, to be wholly engrossed in; to be
entirely dependent on; to be covered with.
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Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was
wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of
her daughter. --Addison.
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Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . .
are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable
obscurity. --Locke.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wrap
n 1: cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person [syn: 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, wrapper]
v 1: arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby
before taking her out"; "Wrap the present" [syn: wrap
up] [ant: unwrap]
2: wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger";
"Twine the thread around the spool" [syn: wind, roll,
twine] [ant: unwind]
3: enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering;
"Fog enveloped the house" [syn: envelop, enfold, enwrap,
enclose]
[also: wrapping, wrapped]
WordNet (r) 2.0
wrapped
adj 1: covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak;
"leaf-clothed trees"; "fog-cloaked meadows"; "a beam
draped with cobwebs"; "cloud-wrapped peaks" [syn: cloaked,
clothed, draped, mantled]
2: wholly absorbed as in thought; "deep in thought"; "that
engrossed look or rapt delight"; "the book had her totally
engrossed"; "enwrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this
fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de
la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought" [syn: absorbed,
engrossed, enwrapped, intent, rapt]
3: enclosed securely in a covering of paper or the like; "gaily
wrapped gifts" [ant: unwrapped]
WordNet (r) 2.0
wrapped
See wrap
WordNet (r) 2.0
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "wrapped":
absorbed, armored, cased, ceiled, cloaked, clouded, coated,
compassed, coped, covered, covert, cowled, curtained, deep,
eclipsed, encapsulated, encapsuled, encased, enclosed, encompassed,
enfolded, engaged, engrossed, enveloped, environed, enwrapped,
filmed, floored, hooded, housed, immersed, lapped, loricate,
loricated, mantled, masked, muffled, obscured, occulted, packaged,
paved, preoccupied, rapt, roofed-in, screened, scummed, sheathed,
shelled, shielded, shrouded, surrounded, swathed, tented,
under cover, veiled, walled, walled-in, wrapped up, wreathed
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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