wrap
/ɹæp/
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obsolete/ɹɒp/
wrap verb: to enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper. Also the alternative spelling of rap.
Verb
wrap (third-person singular simple present wraps, present participle wrapping, simple past and past participle wrapped or (archaic) wrapt)
- To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
- Christmas gifts are commonly known to be wrapped in paper.
- I then dried these over a flame, and then, wrapping the formes and re-sealing them with my court seals — for my only commission, you see, was to report as to whether the type was unpied, and text ungarbled, and the formes all ready […]1947, Harry Stephen Keeler, The Case of the Barking Clock
- To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
- A snake wraps itself around its prey.
- Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch / About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.1811, William Cullen Bryant, Thanatopsis
- To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
- wise poets that wrap truth in talesa. 1640, Thomas Carew, Ingrateful Beauty Threatened
- To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.
- To avoid going over budget, let's make sure we wrap by ten. (compare wrap up 2)
- To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line
- I wrapped the text so that I wouldn't need to scroll to the right to read it.
- To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
- To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.
- The row counter wraps back to zero when no more rows can be inserted.
Noun
wrap (countable and uncountable, plural wraps)
- Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.
- A large sheet of self-adhesive material applied over a vehicle's paintwork for decorative or protective purposes.
- The media theorist Peter Lunenfeld[…] says illustrative art is often used to defang threatening technology. He compares the Waymo wraps to Google Doodles, which distract people while they are using a complex and opaque search engine algorithm that is “almost fully beyond our ken.”2025 December 9, Jori Finkel, “How Art Is Driving Waymo’s Feel-Good Branding”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
- A large sheet of self-adhesive material applied over a vehicle's paintwork for decorative or protective purposes.
- A loose piece of women's clothing that one wraps around the body; a shawl or scarf.
- An outer garment worn as protection while riding, travelling etc.
- ‘I see you have had our Lowick Cicero here,’ she said, seating herself comfortably, throwing back her wraps, and showing a thin but well-built figure.1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book I, chapter 6
- A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
- The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
- But she could knock off right after the wrap, have dinner, and take a later flight.1994, Olivia Goldsmith, Fashionably Late
- The first time I met him is when we went to the – after the wrap party, we went to a little sound room – or a little screening room and watched the preview2003 January 12, “Encore Presentation: Interview With the Bee Gees”, in CNN_KingWknd
- A wraparound mortgage.
- A complete news report ready for broadcast, incorporating spoken reporting and other material.
- This is a news report from the scene of the event. When a voicer and an actuality are combined into one complete story, it's known as a wrap.2005, Alan R. Stephenson, David E. Reese, Mary E. Beadle, Broadcast Announcing Worktext, page 164
- Attend a news conference, and prepare a wrap or package.2005, Ted White, Broadcast News: Writing, Reporting, and Producing, page 245
- Synonyms:
- package
- The act of wrapping.
- Give the present a quick wrap before James sees it.
- I started out by wrapping the first thread around a ruler for 1 inch and found that it had 24 wraps to the inch.2026, Tom Knisley, “Exploring S- and Z-Twist”, in Spin Off, volume L, number 1, page 42
- A straight draw in which there are more than 8 outs to complete the straight, especially in Omaha hold 'em.
Also used as
wrap is also the alternative spelling of rap.
wrap meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
wrap in Hindi
- to enclose completely in fabric, paper, etc
- लपेटना lapeṭnā
wrap in Tamil
- மடக்குதல், மடக்குவதற்கு, மடக்குவதற்காக
wrap in Marathi
- गुंडाळणे, गुंडाळण्यासाठी, गुंडाळायला
wrap in Urdu
- لپیٹنا
More languagesFewer languages
- wrap in Bengali
- মোড়ানো, মোড়া, মোড়ক
- wrap in Telugu
- చుట్టడం, చుట్టేయడం, చుట్టేయడానికి
- wrap in Malayalam
- പൊതിയുക potiyuka
- wrap in Punjabi
- ਲਪੇਟਣਾ, ਲਪੇਟਣ ਲਈ
- wrap in Gujarati
- લપેટી, વીંટાળવું, વીંટળવું
- wrap in Odia
- ର୍ଯ଼ାପ୍ କରିବା
- wrap in Assamese
- মেৰিওৱা meriüa
- wrap in Nepali
- लपेट्नका लागि
- wrap in Arabic
- لَفَّ laffa, غَلَّفَ ḡallafa
- wrap in Malay
- balut, bungkus
- wrap in Indonesian
- bungkus, balut
- wrap in Persian
- بستهبندی کردن baste-bandi kardan, پیچیدن pičidan
- wrap in Thai
- ห่อ hɔ̀ɔ
- wrap in Vietnamese
- gói, bao, bọc
Examples of wrap in a sentence
- The prehistoric caribou they had already liberated was wrapped in a space blanket and carefully tied to a sled.2003, Gary Tigerman, The Orion Protocol, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow, →ISBN, page 143:
- And that's a wrap on "News Watch." For Judy, Jim, Cal and Kirsten, I'm Jon Scott.2009 November 14, Fox News Watch:
Synonyms of wrap
Antonyms
Forms of wrap
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | wraps |
| present participle | wrapping |
| past participle | wrapped |
| past | wrapped |
| alternative form | wrop |
| past participle (archaic) | wrapt |
| past (archaic) | wrapt |
| Noun | |
| plural | wraps |
Origin of wrap
From Middle English wrappen (“to wrap, fold”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to North Frisian wrappe (“to press into; stop up”), dialectal Danish vrappe (“to stuff, cram”), Middle Low German rincworpen (“to envelop, wrap”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, scrunch the face”), all perhaps tied to Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist, bend”). Compare also similar-sounding and similar-meaning Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, lap, envelop, fold”), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up”), Old Italian goluppare (“to wrap”) (from Germanic). Doublet of lap; related to envelop, develop. Also compare Latin verber (“whip, lash”).
From Middle English wrappe, from the verb (see above).
Words formed from wrap
- gift-wrap
- not wrapped too tight
- riddle wrapped up in an enigma
- shrink-wrap
- shrink-wrapped
- soft-wrap
- wrap around
- wrap around one's little finger
- wrap-around
- wraparound
- wrap in cotton wool
- wrap in the flag
- wrap it before you tap it
- wrap one's arms around
- wrap one's brain around
- wrap one's head around
- wrap one's mind around
- wrappable
- wrapper
- wrapping
- wrapround
- wrap-round
- wrap-up
- wrap up
- alpha wrap
- belly wrap
- body wrap
- book wrap
- breakfast wrap
- bubble wrap
- bubble-wrap
- cash wrap
- cling-wrap
- cling wrap
- daily wrap
- diaper wrap
- evening wrap
- fish-wrap
- fish wrap
- food wrap
- giftwrap
- glad wrap
- nappy wrap
- omega wrap
- saran-wrap
- saran wrap
- spider wrap
- stretch wrap
- tea-wrap
- that's a wrap
- tie wrap
- under wraps
- voice wrap
- wire wrap
- word wrap
- wrap account
- wrap dress
- wrap party
- wrap service
- wrist wrap
Phrases with wrap
Words that rhyme with wrap
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- map
- rap
- slap
- overlap
- pap
- crap
- sap
- yap
- bap
- unwrap
- app
- chap
- dap
- frappe
- nap
- uncap
- wap
- entrap
- enwrap
- fap
- frap
- hap
- jap
- minimap
- Phrygian cap
- plap
- recap
- whap
- anion gap
- asap
- bad rap
- belap
- betrap
- cloth cap
- Fanny Murray cap
- FAPP
- GAAP
- ion trap
- katsap
- lagniappe
- mishap
- Noddy cap
- scap
- shrap
- stap
- umbelap
- unstrap
- voting cap
Questions about wrap
- What does wrap mean?
- Wrap means to enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
- What is wrap in Hindi?
- Wrap in Hindi is लपेटना (lapeṭnā). See Wrap meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use wrap in a sentence?
- The prehistoric caribou they had already liberated was wrapped in a space blanket and carefully tied to a sled.
- What part of speech is wrap?
- Wrap can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce wrap?
- Wrap is pronounced /ɹæp/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of wrap?
- The past tense of wrap is wrapped.
Words near wrap in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: wrap (page history and authors); wrap (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wrap (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wrap (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wrap (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wrap (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wrap (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wrap (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wrap (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); wrap (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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