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wrap
[ rap ]
verb (used with object)
- to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up ):
She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- to enclose and make fast (an article, bundle, etc.) within a covering of paper or the like (often followed by up ):
He wrapped the package up in brown paper.
- to wind, fold, or bind (something) about as a covering.
- to protect with coverings, outer garments, etc. (usually followed by up ).
- to cover (fingernails) with a sheer silk or linen fabric, as to repair or strengthen them.
- to surround, envelop, shroud, or hide.
- to fold or roll up.
- Movies, Television. to finish the filming of (a motion picture).
verb (used without object)
- to wrap oneself (usually followed by up ).
- to become wrapped, enclosed, packaged, or folded (usually followed by up ):
This hat wraps up into a pocket-size square—perfect for hiking and camping.
- Movies, Television. to complete the filming of a motion picture:
We hope to wrap in time for Christmas.
noun
- something to be wrapped about the person, especially in addition to the usual indoor clothing, such as a shawl:
an evening wrap.
- a beauty treatment in which a part or all of the body is covered with cream, lotion, herbs, or the like and then wrapped snugly with cloth.
- a sheer silk or linen fabric glued to the fingernails to repair or strengthen them.
- a flatbread wrapped around a filling and eaten as a sandwich.
- Movies, Television.
- the completion of photography on a film or an individual scene.
- the termination of a working day during the shooting of a film.
adjective
- wraparound in style:
a wrap skirt.
verb phrase
- to conclude; finish work on:
to wrap up a project.
wrap
/ ræp /
verb
- to fold or wind (paper, cloth, etc) around (a person or thing) so as to cover
- often foll by up to fold paper, etc, around to fasten securely
- to surround or conceal by surrounding
- to enclose, immerse, or absorb
wrapped in sorrow
- to fold, wind, or roll up
- intr; often foll by about, around, etc to be or become wound or extended
- to complete the filming of (a motion picture or television programme)
- informal.Also calledrap often foll by up to praise (someone)
noun
- a garment worn wrapped around the body, esp the shoulders, such as a shawl or cloak
- short for wrapround
- a type of sandwich consisting of a tortilla wrapped round a filling
- wrapping or a wrapper
- slang.a small package of an illegal drug in powder form
a wrap of heroin
- informal.Also calledrap a commendation
- the end of a working day during the filming of a motion picture or television programme
- the completion of filming of a motion picture or television programme
- keep under wrapsto keep secret
- take the wraps offto reveal
Other Words From
- in·ter·wrap verb (used without object) interwrapped interwrapping
- pre·wrap verb (used with object) prewrapped prewrapping
- pre·wrap noun
- re·wrap verb rewrapped rewrapping
- un·der·wrap noun
- un·der·wrap verb (used with object) underwrapped underwrapping
Word History and Origins
Origin of wrap1
Word History and Origins
Origin of wrap1
Idioms and Phrases
- under wraps, Informal. secret:
The army wants this research project kept under wraps.
- wrapped up in,
- intensely absorbed in:
wrapped up in one's work.
- involved in; bound up with:
Peace is wrapped up in willingness to compromise.
More idioms and phrases containing wrap
In addition to the idiom beginning with wrap , also see twist (wrap) around one's finger ; under wraps .Example Sentences
And with the added slight of the heavy hand of artificial intelligence, Wrapped may just be a wrap for music nerds from here on out.
Taylor Swift, who soon will wrap her blockbuster Eras tour after nearly two years, secured the No. 2 spot on Billboard’s list.
South Africa were guilty of letting the game drift at times, but recovered to wrap up the tail promptly, with Dean left stranded short of her fifty.
“We realized the spine of the film could be these final months,” says Cutler, “while the nervous system wrapped around the spine could be those first five years. And there could be these incredible resonances.”
Neuroscientists typically ascribe consciousness and abstract thought to the cerebral cortex, which evolved later in human evolution and wraps around the brain's outer layer in folded gray matter.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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