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wrapped

British  
/ ræpt /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of wrap

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. informal a variant spelling of rapt 2

  2. informal

    1. completely absorbed or engrossed in

    2. implicated or involved in

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In a statement, her brother Josh Wilde described her as "strength wrapped in softness", while her former regiment commended her "tireless care for others".

From BBC

Some are wrapped up in scarves and woolly hats, while others are sat in deckchairs, eating picnic lunches and playing music as they get ready to watch the chart-topping singer Raye in action.

From BBC

The dinner officially wrapped up after an hour, but rather than dash out, most students stuck around, continuing the discussion in small clusters.

From The Wall Street Journal

Floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1965, it wrapped John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s compositions in a public company designed to spread risk and soften the tax bite.

From The Wall Street Journal

Braff: We would hang out after we were wrapped, which Sarah still does occasionally.

From Los Angeles Times

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