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gift-wrapping

gift-wrapping is the present participle and gerund of gift-wrap.

Meaning of gift-wrap

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.

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Noun

gift-wrapping (countable and uncountable, plural gift-wrappings)

  1. Synonym of gift-wrap.
    Synonyms:
    gift-wrap

Synonyms of gift-wrapping

Forms of gift-wrapping

pluralgift-wrappings

Questions about gift-wrapping

What does gift-wrapping mean?
Gift-wrapping means synonym of gift-wrap.
What is gift-wrapping the present participle and gerund of?
Gift-wrapping is the present participle and gerund of gift-wrap.
What part of speech is gift-wrapping?
Gift-wrapping is a noun.
What is the plural of gift-wrapping?
The plural of gift-wrapping is gift-wrappings.

Words near gift-wrapping in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gift-wrapping (page history and authors); gift-wrap (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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