wrop

Verb

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

1. (transitive) 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.

   Synonyms:

   bind, wind, enfold, lap, enswathe, envelop

2. (transitive) To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
   • A snake wraps itself around its prey.
3. (figuratively, transitive) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
   • wise poets that wrap truth in talesa. 1640, Thomas Carew, Ingrateful Beauty Threatened
4. (intransitive, transitive, video production) 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)
5. (transitive, usually, lines, words, text) 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.
6. (transitive) To make functionality available through a software wrapper.

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