wrapped

/ (ræpt) /

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verb

the past tense and past participle of wrap

adjective

Australian and NZ informal a variant spelling of rapt 2

wrapped up informal

completely absorbed or engrossed in
implicated or involved in

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Words nearby wrapped

wrap account, wraparound, wraparound mortgage, wrapover, wrap party, wrapped, wrapped up in, wrapper, wrapping, wrapping paper, wrapround

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In the mindset of the Coexist camp, those abstract beliefs have become twisted things, wrapped up with hate.
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Should a Republican be elected president in 2016, many of those 20 Justice Department investigations would be wrapped up quickly.
Dear GOP: Fix the Damn Justice System!|Jonathan Alter|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Today the church is wrapped in scaffolding and metal ribbons are holding its façade in place until someone pays to repair it.
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His uniform was too tight and was wrapped around his doughy body like cellophane.
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Aelita Andre has just wrapped up another major show of her abstract paintings and given interviews on her latest inspirations.
The Tiniest Jackson Pollock|Justin Jones|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Accepted them, rather, as a part of the mystery which wrapped him about.
The Breaking Point|Mary Roberts Rinehart
He has a big, gray shawl like your own, wrapped around his shoulders.
The Tree of Appomattox|Joseph A. Altsheler
The light from the fire shone into the tent where the boys were stretched out, wrapped in their blankets.
The Frontier Boys in the Sierras|Wyn Roosevelt
Madam Imbert wrapped the money in two newspapers, and when Josh.
The Expressman and the Detective|Allan Pinkerton
A new sadi has to be wrapped and for this a bottle of thick gum is kept ready at hand.
The Wheel of Fortune|Mahatma Gandhi

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