verb (used with object),wrapped or wrapt,wrap·ping.
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),wrapped or wrapt,wrap·ping.
to wrap oneself (usually followed by up).
to become wrapped, as about something; fold.
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, as a shawl, scarf, or sweater: 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 piece of thin, flat bread 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 Phrases
wrap up, to conclude; finish work on: to wrap up a project.
Idioms
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.
Origin of wrap
1275–1325;Middle English (v.), of obscure origin; compare dialectal Danishvravle to wind
Related formsin·ter·wrap, verb (used without object),in·ter·wrapped,in·ter·wrap·ping.pre·wrap, verb (used with object),pre·wrapped,pre·wrap·ping.pre·wrap, nounre·wrap, verb,re·wrapped,re·wrap·ping.un·der·wrap, nounun·der·wrap, verb (used with object),un·der·wrapped,un·der·wrap·ping.Can be confusedrapwraprappedraptwrappedwrapt
early 14c., wrappen, of uncertain etymology, perhaps via Scandinavian (cf. Danish dialectal vravle "to wind"), ultimately from PIE *werp- "to turn, wind" (cf. Greek rhaptein "to sew"), from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus). Related: Wrapped; wrapping.
wrap
n.
late 15c., "fine cloth used as a cover or wrapping for bread," from wrap (v.). As a type of women's garment, recorded from 1827. Meaning "end of a filming session" is attested from 1974. Figurative phrase under wraps "in concealment" is recorded from 1939.
