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saran-wrapping

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

Meaning of saran-wrap

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To cover with Saran Wrap or a similar plastic covering.
    • Knowing that his sister Dianne was coming in two weeks, he saran-wrapped the tapioca and put it in the freezer for her. This is true sibling devotion. Last year, he put books in her bed, saran-wrapped the toilet seat and put a note on the ceiling above the seat saying "Someone up here watching you."2010, Marilyn Mccullough, One Brick Loose - Not Missing, But Who Cares?

Questions about saran-wrapping

What is saran-wrapping the present participle and gerund of?
Saran-wrapping is the present participle and gerund of saran-wrap.

Words near saran-wrapping in the dictionary

  1. saran
  2. Saran Division
  3. saran wrap
  4. saran-wrap
  5. saran-wrapped
  6. saran-wrapping
  7. saran-wraps
  8. Saranac
  9. Saranap
  10. Sarandon
  11. Sarandons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: saran-wrapping (page history and authors); saran-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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