dictionary definitions for "wrap"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [A corrupt spelling of rap.]
     To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.
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           Lo! where the stripling, wrapt in wonder, roves.
                                                    --Beattie.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wrap \Wrap\, n.
     A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs,
     shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  wrap
      n 1: cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person [syn:
           wrap, 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, wrap, wrapper]
      v 1: arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby
           before taking her out"; "Wrap the present" [syn: wrap,
           wrap up] [ant: undo, unwrap]
      2: arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your
         finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped
         her arms around the child" [syn: wind, wrap, roll,
         twine] [ant: unroll, unwind, wind off]
      3: enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering;
         "Fog enveloped the house" [syn: envelop, enfold,
         enwrap, wrap, enclose]
      4: crash into so as to coil around; "The teenager wrapped his
         car around the fire hydrant"


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