wrap

enclose something in cloth or paper: wrap a gift; the end of filming or taping of a show or scene: That’s a wrap.

Not to be confused with:

rap – a knock; a short tapping sound; blame, censure: take the rap; conversation; a rhythmical, rhyming monologue recited to music; a small amount, the least bit: I don’t give a rap.

wrap

(răp)

v. wrapped or wrapt (răpt), wrap·ping, wraps

v.tr.

1. To arrange or fold (something) about as cover or protection: She wrapped her fur coat closely about herself.

2. To cover, envelop, or encase, as by folding or coiling something about: wrapped my head in a scarf.

3. To enclose, especially in paper, and fasten: wrap a package; wrapped up the peelings.

4. To clasp, fold, or coil about something: She wrapped her arms about his neck.

5. To move (text that will not fit on a line) automatically to the following line.

6. To envelop and obscure: Fog wrapped the city.

7. To surround or involve in a specified quality or atmosphere: The plan was wrapped in secrecy.

8. To engross: She was wrapped in thought.

v.intr.

1. To coil or twist about or around something: The flag wrapped around the pole.

2. To be moved automatically to the following line upon reaching a margin. Used of text.

3. To put on warm clothing. Usually used with up.

4. To conclude filming: The movie is scheduled to wrap next week.

1. A garment to be wrapped or folded about a person, especially an outer garment such as a robe, cloak, shawl, or coat.

2. A blanket.

3. A wrapping or wrapper.

4. A flatbread, such as a tortilla or lavash, rolled around a filling. Also called roll-up.

5. The completion of filming on a movie.

Phrasal Verb:

wrap up

1. To bring to a conclusion; settle finally or successfully: wrap up a business deal.

2. To summarize; recapitulate.

Idioms:

under wraps Informal

Secret or concealed: "The news was kept under wraps for the three-day weekend" (Boston Globe).

wrapped up in

1. Completely immersed or absorbed in: She is wrapped up in her studies.

2. Involved in: They were wrapped up in criminal activities.

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wrap

(ræp)

vb (mainly tr) , wraps, wrapping or wrapped

1. to fold or wind (paper, cloth, etc) around (a person or thing) so as to cover

2. (often foll by up) to fold paper, etc, around to fasten securely

3. to surround or conceal by surrounding

4. to enclose, immerse, or absorb: wrapped in sorrow.

5. to fold, wind, or roll up

6. (intr; often foll by about, around, etc) to be or become wound or extended

7. (Film) to complete the filming of (a motion picture or television programme)

8. (Broadcasting) to complete the filming of (a motion picture or television programme)

9. (often foll by up) informal Also called: rap Austral to praise (someone)

10. (Clothing & Fashion) a garment worn wrapped around the body, esp the shoulders, such as a shawl or cloak

11. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) short for wrapround⁵

12. (Cookery) a type of sandwich consisting of a tortilla wrapped round a filling

13. chiefly US wrapping or a wrapper

14. (Recreational Drugs) slang Brit a small package of an illegal drug in powder form: a wrap of heroin.

15. informal Also called: rap Austral a commendation

16. (Film)

a. the end of a working day during the filming of a motion picture or television programme

b. the completion of filming of a motion picture or television programme

17. (Broadcasting)

a. the end of a working day during the filming of a motion picture or television programme

b. the completion of filming of a motion picture or television programme

18. keep under wraps to keep secret

19. take the wraps off to reveal

[C14: origin unknown]

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wrap

(ræp)

v. wrapped, wrap•ping,
n., adj. v.t.

1. to enclose in something wound or folded about (often fol. by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.

2. to enclose and make fast within a covering of paper or the like (often fol. by up): Wrap the box up in brown paper.

3. to wind, fold, or bind (something) about as a covering.

4. to cover (fingernails) with a sheer silk or linen fabric, as to repair or strengthen the nails.

5. to protect with coverings, outer garments, etc. (usu. fol. by up).

6. to surround, envelop, or hide: The village was wrapped in fog.

7. to fold or roll up.

8. to finish the filming of (a motion picture).

v.i.

9. to wrap oneself (usu. fol. by up).

10. to become wrapped, as about something; fold.

11. to complete the filming of a motion picture.

12.

a. wrap up, to conclude; finish work on: to wrap up a project.

b. to give a summary of.

13. something to be wrapped about the person, esp. in addition to the usual indoor clothing, as a shawl, scarf, or sweater.

14. a sheer fabric glued to the fingernails to repair or strengthen them.

15. 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.

16. a piece of thin, flat bread wrapped around a filling and eaten as a sandwich.

17.

a. the completion of photography on a motion picture or an individual scene.

b. the termination of a working day during the shooting of a motion picture.

adj.

18. Also, wrapped. wraparound in style: a wrap skirt.

Idioms:

1. under wraps, Informal. secret: The army wants this research project kept under wraps.

2. wrapped up in,

a. intensely absorbed in: wrapped up in one's work.

b. involved in; bound up with: Peace is wrapped up in compromise.

[1275–1325; Middle English (v.), of obscure orig.]

wrap

Past participle: wrapped
Gerund: wrapping

Imperative
wrap
wrap

Present
I wrap
you wrap
he/she/it wraps
we wrap
you wrap
they wrap

Preterite
I wrapped
you wrapped
he/she/it wrapped
we wrapped
you wrapped
they wrapped

Present Continuous
I am wrapping
you are wrapping
he/she/it is wrapping
we are wrapping
you are wrapping
they are wrapping

Present Perfect
I have wrapped
you have wrapped
he/she/it has wrapped
we have wrapped
you have wrapped
they have wrapped

Past Continuous
I was wrapping
you were wrapping
he/she/it was wrapping
we were wrapping
you were wrapping
they were wrapping

Past Perfect
I had wrapped
you had wrapped
he/she/it had wrapped
we had wrapped
you had wrapped
they had wrapped

Future
I will wrap
you will wrap
he/she/it will wrap
we will wrap
you will wrap
they will wrap

Future Perfect
I will have wrapped
you will have wrapped
he/she/it will have wrapped
we will have wrapped
you will have wrapped
they will have wrapped

Future Continuous
I will be wrapping
you will be wrapping
he/she/it will be wrapping
we will be wrapping
you will be wrapping
they will be wrapping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been wrapping
you have been wrapping
he/she/it has been wrapping
we have been wrapping
you have been wrapping
they have been wrapping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been wrapping
you will have been wrapping
he/she/it will have been wrapping
we will have been wrapping
you will have been wrapping
they will have been wrapping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been wrapping
you had been wrapping
he/she/it had been wrapping
we had been wrapping
you had been wrapping
they had been wrapping

Conditional
I would wrap
you would wrap
he/she/it would wrap
we would wrap
you would wrap
they would wrap

Past Conditional
I would have wrapped
you would have wrapped
he/she/it would have wrapped
we would have wrapped
you would have wrapped
they would have wrapped

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	wrap - cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person wrapper cloak - a loose outer garment
	2.	wrap - a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them tortilla - thin unleavened pancake made from cornmeal or wheat flour
	3.	wrap - the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped wrapping, wrapper covering - an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it) envelope - any wrapper or covering plastic film, 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; "phonograph records were sold in cardboard jackets" plastic wrap - wrapping consisting of a very thin transparent sheet of plastic
Verb	1.	wrap - arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby before taking her out"; "Wrap the present" wrap up do up - wrap for decorative purposes; "The gift was done up in pretty red paper" parcel - make into a wrapped container cere - wrap up in a cerecloth; "cere a corpse" shrinkwrap - wrap something tightly with heated plastic that shrinks upon cooling; "shrinkwrap the CDs" gift-wrap - wrap (a gift) attractively shroud - wrap in a shroud; "shroud the corpses" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" unwrap, undo - remove the outer cover or wrapping of; "Let's unwrap the gifts!"; "undo the parcel"
	2.	wrap - arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" twine, wind, roll spool - wind onto a spool or a reel reel - wind onto or off a reel ball - form into a ball by winding or rolling; "ball wool" clew, clue - roll into a ball coil, curl, loop - wind around something in coils or loops move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" wrap up, roll up - form a cylinder by rolling; "roll up a banner"
	3.	wrap - enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house" enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" benight - envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The benighted peoples of this area" tube - place or enclose in a tube capsulate, capsule, capsulise, capsulize - enclose in a capsule engulf - flow over or cover completely; "The bright light engulfed him completely" sheathe - enclose with a sheath; "sheathe a sword" cocoon - wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection bathe - suffuse with or as if with light; "The room was bathed in sunlight" enshroud, shroud, hide, cover - cover as if with a shroud; "The origins of this civilization are shrouded in mystery"
	4.	wrap - crash into so as to coil around; "The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant" crash - cause to crash; "The terrorists crashed the plane into the palace"; "Mother crashed the motorbike into the lamppost"

wrap

verb

1. cover, surround, fold, enclose, roll up, cloak, shroud, swathe, muffle, envelop, encase, sheathe, enfold, bundle up She wrapped the baby in a blanket.
cover open, strip, disclose, uncover, unfold

wrap something up

wrap up dress warmly, muffle up, wear something warm, put warm clothes on Make sure you wrap up warmly before you go out.

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wrap

verb

1. To cover completely and closely, as with clothing or bandages:

2. To put on warm clothes:

3. To cover and tie (something), as with paper and string:

4. To surround and cover completely so as to obscure:

phrasal verb
wrap up

1. To cover completely and closely, as with clothing or bandages:

2. To put on warm clothes:

3. To bring or come to a natural or proper end:

4. To give a recapitulation of the salient facts of:

noun

1. A garment wrapped about a person:

2. The material in which something is wrapped:

Translations

مِعْطَف، دِثار، شال، وِشاحيُغَلِّفُيَلُف حَوْلَيَلُفُّ الطِّفْل، يُغَلِّف كِتابا

plášťpřehozzabalit

pakke indsjalvikle

kääriä

zamotati

pakka inn; umvefjasjal, slávefja

包む

감싸다

apsiaustiapsimuturiuotiįpakavimaspopierėlisšiltai ap rengti

apmetnisaptītiesaiņotietītievīstīt

štóla

zaviti

slå in

ห่อ

gói

wrap

[ræp]

wrap up

B. VI + ADV

1. (= dress warmly) → abrigarse
wrap up warm! → ¡abrígate bien!

2. (= be quiet) → callarse
wrap up! → ¡cállate!

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wrap

[ˈræp]

under wraps [plan, scheme] → secret/ète

vt (= cover) → emballer
The meat was wrapped in foil → La viande était emballée dans du papier aluminium.
She's wrapping her Christmas presents → Elle est en train d'emballer ses cadeaux de Noël.
Can you wrap it for me please? → Vous pouvez me l'emballer, s'il vous plaît?
to wrap sb in a blanket → envelopper qn dans une couverture

wrap around

wrap round vt sep
to wrap sth around sth [+ paper, cloth, tape] → enrouler qch autour de qch
to wrap sth around o.s. [+ scarf, blanket, coat] → s'envelopper dans qch
to wrap one's arms around sb → étreindre qn

wrap up

vt sep

(= gift-wrap) [+ presents] → emballer

vi (= dress warmly) → se couvrir
It can be breezy, so wrap up well → Il peut y avoir du vent alors couvrez-vous bienwrapped up adj (= absorbed) to be wrapped up in sth [+ problems, career, work] → être accaparé(e) par qch
to be wrapped up in sb → être accaparé(e) par qn

wrap

(= garment) → Umhangtuch nt; (for child) → Wickeltuch nt; (= stole) → Stola f; (= cape) → Cape nt; (= coat) → Mantel m

it’s a wrap (inf: = completed) → das wärs

(Comput, when searching) → (am Dateianfang) weitersuchen

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wrap

(rӕp) – past tense, past participle wrapped – verb

1. to roll or fold (round something or someone). He wrapped his handkerchief round his bleeding finger.

2. to cover by folding or winding something round. She wrapped the book (up) in brown paper; She wrapped the baby up in a warm shawl.

noun

a warm covering to put over one's shoulders.

ˈwrapper noun

a paper cover for a sweet, packet of cigarettes etc. a sweet-wrapper.

ˈwrapping noun

something used to wrap or pack something in. Christmas wrappings.

wrapped up in

giving all one's attention to. She's very wrapped up in her work these days.

wrap up

to dress warmly. You have to wrap up well if you visit England in winter; Wrap the child up well.

wrap

→ يُغَلِّفُ zabalit pakke ind wickeln τυλίγω envolver kääriä emballer zamotati avvolgere 包む 감싸다 inpakken pakke zawinąć embrulhar обертывать slå in ห่อ sarmak gói 包装

Could you wrap it up for me, please?

wrap

n (bandage material) venda; selfadherent elastic — venda elástica autoadherente (Amer), venda elástica cohesiva (Esp); vt (pret & pp wrapped; ger wrapping) envolver