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Webster 1913 Edition

Wrap

Wrap

,
Verb.
T.
[A corrupt spelling of
rap
.]
To snatch up; transport; – chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.
Lo! where the stripling,
wrapt
in wonder, roves.
Beattie.

Wrap

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Wrapped
or
Wrapt
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Wrapping
.]
[OE.
wrappen
, probably akin to E.
warp
. √144. Cf.
Warp
.]
1.
To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.
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.
Like one that
wraps
the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Bryant.
2.
To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; – often with up.
I . . .
wrapt
in mist
Of midnight vapor, glide obscure.
Milton.
3.
To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by.
Wise poets that
wrap
truth in tales.
Carew.
To be wrapped up in
,
to be wholly engrossed in; to be entirely dependent on; to be covered with.
Leontine’s young wife,
in
whom all his happiness was
wrapped up
, died in a few days after the death of her daughter.
Addison.
Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . . are thought
to be wrapped up in
impenetrable obscurity.
Locke.

Wrap

,
Noun.
A wrapper; – often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wrap

WRAP

,
Verb.
T.
pret. and pp. wrapped or wrapt.
1.
To wind or fold together. John 20.
2.
To involve; to cover by winding something round; often with up; as, to wrap up a child in its blanket; wrap the body well with flannel in winter.
I, wrapt in mist of midnight vapor, glide obscure.
3.
To involve; to hide; as truth wrapt in tales.
4.
To comprise; to contain.
Leontines young wife, in whom all his happiness was wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of her daughter.
5.
To involve totally.
Things reflected on in gross and transiently, are thought to be wrapped in impenetrable obscurity.
6.
To inclose.
7.
To snatch up; to transport. This is an error. It ought to be rapt. [See Rap and Rapt.]

Definition 2024

Wrap

Wrap

See also: wrap

German

Noun

Wrap m ‎(genitive Wraps, plural Wraps)

  1. wrap (food)

wrap

wrap

See also: Wrap

English

Verb

wrap ‎(third-person singular simple present wraps, present participle wrapping, simple past and past participle wrapped or (archaic) wrapt)

  1. (transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
  2. (transitive) To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
    A snake wraps itself around its prey.
    • Bryant
      Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch / About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
  3. (figuratively) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
    • Carew
      wise poets that wrap truth in tales
  4. (transitive or intransitive, video production) To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.
    To avoid going over budget, let's make sure we wrap by ten. (compare wrap up 2)
  5. (lines, words, text, etc.) To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line
    I wrapped the text so that I wouldn't need to scroll to the right to read it.

Quotations

  • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:wrap.

Synonyms

  • (enclose in fabric, paper, etc): enfold

Antonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

wrap ‎(plural wraps)

  1. A garment that one wraps around the body to keep oneself warm.
  2. A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
  3. (entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
    • 1994, Olivia Goldsmith, Fashionably Late:
      But she could knock off right after the wrap, have dinner, and take a later flight.
    • 2003 January 12, “Encore Presentation: Interview With the Bee Gees”, in CNN_KingWknd:
      The first time I met him is when we went to the -- after the wrap party, we went to a little sound room -- or a little screening room and watched the preview
    • 2009 November 14, Fox News Watch:
      And that's a wrap on "News Watch." For Judy, Jim, Cal and Kirsten, I'm Jon Scott. We'll see you again next week.'
  4. A wraparound mortgage.

Translations

Anagrams

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈræp/
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋræp/

Noun

wrap

  1. wrap (food)

Declension

Declension of wrap (type risti)
singular plural
nominative wrap wrapit
genitive wrapin wrappien
partitive wrappiä wrappejä
accusative wrap
wrapin		 wrapit
inessive wrapissä wrapeissä
elative wrapistä wrapeistä
illative wrappiin wrappeihin
adessive wrapillä wrapeillä
ablative wrapiltä wrapeiltä
allative wrapille wrapeille
essive wrappinä wrappeinä
translative wrapiksi wrapeiksi
instructive – wrapein
abessive wrapittä wrapeittä
comitative – wrappeineen

Synonyms

French

Etymology

From English wrap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vʁap/

Noun

wrap m ‎(plural wraps)

  1. wrap (sandwich)

Etymology

From English wrap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁæp/ (official standard, but virtually non-existent)
  • IPA(key): /ʁɛp/, /vʁɛp/ (most common Germanised pronunciations)
  • IPA(key): /ɹɛp/ (many speakers; approximating English pronunciation)
  • IPA(key): /vɹɛp/ (some speakers; approximating an assumed English pronunciation)
  • Homophone: Rap (for those pronunciations not featuring /v-/)

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