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wraple

UK/ˈɹæp.əl/

wraple verb: to wrap up, entangle; warp.

Verb

wraple (third-person singular simple present wraples, present participle wrapling, simple past and past participle wrapled)

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To wrap up, entangle; warp.
    • It is a country of vast expanse and wonderful fertility, and its people are only now awakening from that Rip Van Winkle sleep in which all South America has been wrappled for so long a period.1901, Revista Del Río de La Plata, volume 14, page 29
    • […] age the tightly locked can wrappled in plastic bag and containing the three hundred thousand shillings.2001, John G. Nderitu, Nun in Tragedy, page 181

Forms of wraple

third-person singular presentwraples
present participlewrapling
past participlewrapled
pastwrapled
alternative formwrapple

Origin of wraple

From wrap + -le. Compare warple.

Words that rhyme with wraple

Questions about wraple

What does wraple mean?
Wraple means to wrap up, entangle; warp.
What part of speech is wraple?
Wraple is a verb.
How do you pronounce wraple?
Wraple is pronounced /ˈɹæp.əl/ (UK).
What is the past tense of wraple?
The past tense of wraple is wrapled.

Words near wraple in the dictionary

  1. wraparound host
  2. wraparound hosts
  3. wraparound mortgage
  4. wraparound mortgages
  5. wraparounds
  6. wraple
  7. wrapover
  8. wrapovers
  9. wrappable
  10. wrappage
  11. wrappages

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