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gift-wrap

gift-wrap verb: to wrap (something) in decorative wrappings to prepare it for presentation as a gift.

Verb

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

  1. To wrap (something) in decorative wrappings to prepare it for presentation as a gift.

Noun

gift-wrap (countable and uncountable, plural gift-wraps)

  1. Decorative wrappings for covering a gift.

Forms of gift-wrap

Verb
third-person singular presentgift-wraps
present participlegift-wrapping
past participlegift-wrapped
pastgift-wrapped
Noun
pluralgift-wraps

Questions about gift-wrap

What does gift-wrap mean?
Gift-wrap means to wrap (something) in decorative wrappings to prepare it for presentation as a gift.
What part of speech is gift-wrap?
Gift-wrap can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of gift-wrap?
The past tense of gift-wrap is gift-wrapped.

Words near gift-wrap in the dictionary

  1. Gift-Aid
  2. Gift-Aided
  3. Gift-Aiding
  4. Gift-Aids
  5. gift-giving
  6. gift-wrap
  7. gift-wrapped
  8. gift-wrapping
  9. gift-wrappings
  10. gift-wraps
  11. giftability

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