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WRAP

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Irregular inflected forms: wrapped    , wrapping   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person

Synonyms:

wrap; wrapper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("wrap" is a kind of...):

cloak (a loose outer garment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped

Synonyms:

wrap; wrapper; wrapping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("wrap" is a kind of...):

covering (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wrap"):

envelope (any wrapper or covering)

film; plastic film (a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things)

gift wrapping (ornamental wrapping for gifts)

jacket (an outer wrapping or casing)

plastic wrap (wrapping consisting of a very thin transparent sheet of plastic)

Derivation:

wrap (arrange or fold as a cover or protection)

wrap (enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("wrap" is a kind of...):

sandwich (two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them)

Meronyms (parts of "wrap"):

tortilla (thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arrange or fold as a cover or protection

Example:

Wrap the present

Synonyms:

wrap; wrap up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "wrap" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wrap"):

do up (wrap for decorative purposes)

parcel (make into a wrapped container)

cere (wrap up in a cerecloth)

shrinkwrap (wrap something tightly with heated plastic that shrinks upon cooling)

gift-wrap (wrap (a gift) attractively)

shroud (wrap in a shroud)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Antonym:

unwrap (remove the outer cover or wrapping of)

Derivation:

wrap (the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped)

wrapper (a loose dressing gown for women)

wrapper (cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person)

wrapper (the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped)

wrapping (an enveloping bandage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Arrange or or coil around

Example:

She wrapped her arms around the child

Synonyms:

roll; twine; wind; wrap

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "wrap" is one way to...):

displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wrap"):

coil; curl; loop (wind around something in coils or loops)

clew; clue (roll into a ball)

ball (form into a ball by winding or rolling)

reel (wind onto or off a reel)

spool (wind onto a spool or a reel)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Sentence examples:

They wrap the wire around the stick

The wires wrap around the stick

Also:

wrap up (form a cylinder by rolling)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Crash into so as to coil around

Example:

The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "wrap" is one way to...):

crash (cause to crash)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering

Example:

Fog enveloped the house

Synonyms:

enclose; enfold; envelop; enwrap; wrap

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "wrap" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wrap"):

benight (envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness)

tube (place or enclose in a tube)

capsulate; capsule; capsulise; capsulize (enclose in a capsule)

engulf (flow over or cover completely)

sheathe (enclose with a sheath)

cocoon (wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection)

bathe (suffuse or envelope with something)

cover; enshroud; hide; shroud (cover as if with a shroud)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

wrap (the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The mind recoiled from contemplation of a world beyond this wet veil which wrapped us around.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Infrared measurements from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope showed that the system's star is surrounded by a thin disk of planetary debris, indicating that its planet-formation phase is wrapping up.

(NASA's K2 Finds Newborn Exoplanet Around Young Star, NASA)

As a whole, the BBB can be viewed as a smart protective wrapping that separates the blood from the brain.

(Brain tumor invasion along blood vessels may lead to new cancer treatments, NIH)

The cell nucleus is a ball of chromosomes wrapped in a protective fatty membrane.

(Scientists uncover nuclear process in the brain that may affect disease, NIH)

In the cases of this study, the plastic that showed up in people is associated with eating plastic wrapped foods, and drinking from plastic bottles.

(Researchers Discover Microplastics in 100 Percent of People Studied, VOA)

It was a bitter night, so we drew on our ulsters and wrapped cravats about our throats.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On the way he passed by a mill, and there sat a raven with broken wings, and out of pity he took him and wrapped him in the skin.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Glumdalclitch wrapped it up in her handkerchief, and carried it home in her pocket, to keep among other trinkets, of which the girl was very fond, as children at her age usually are.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

They have no solid surface but rather mantles of hydrogen and helium surrounding a water-rich interior, itself perhaps wrapped around a rocky core.

(Hubble Reveals Dynamic Atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune, NASA)

He was wrapped in some sort of cloak which came across the lower part of his face.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)