'Wrap' definitions:
Definition of 'wrap'
From: WordNet
noun
Cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person [syn: wrap, wrapper]
noun
A sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla
noun
The covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped [syn: wrapping, wrap, wrapper]
verb
Arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby before taking her out"; "Wrap the present" [syn: wrap, wrap up] [ant: undo, unwrap]
verb
Arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" [syn: wind, wrap, roll, twine] [ant: unroll, unwind, wind off]
verb
Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house" [syn: envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose]
verb
Crash into so as to coil around; "The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant"
Definition of 'Wrap'
From: GCIDE
- Wrap \Wrap\, n. A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wrap'
From: GCIDE
- Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrappedor Wrapt; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrapping.] [OE. wrappen, probably akin to E. warp. [root]144. Cf. Warp.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds. [1913 Webster]
- Then cometh Simon Peter, . . . and seeth . . . the napkin that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. --John xx. 6, 7. [1913 Webster]
- Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. --Bryant. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; -- often with up. [1913 Webster]
- I . . . wrapt in mist Of midnight vapor, glide obscure. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by. [1913 Webster]
- Wise poets that wrap truth in tales. --Carew. [1913 Webster]
- To be wrapped up in, to be wholly engrossed in; to be entirely dependent on; to be covered with. [1913 Webster]
- Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of her daughter. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . . are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable obscurity. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Wrap'
From: GCIDE
- Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [A corrupt spelling of rap.] To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt. [1913 Webster]
- Lo! where the stripling, wrapt in wonder, roves. --Beattie. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'wrap'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apparel,
- array,
- attire,
- bale,
- band,
- bandage,
- bandaging,
- bedeck,
- bedrape,
- beleaguer,
- belt,
- bend,
- beset,
- besiege,
- bind,
- bind up,
- binder,
- binding,
- blockade,
- bound,
- box,
- box in,
- brace,
- bundle,
- bundle up,
- cage,
- camouflage,
- case,
- casual clothes,
- chain,
- chamber,
- cinch,
- cloak,
- close,
- close in,
- clothe,
- compass,
- compass about,
- contain,
- coop,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- cordon,
- cordon off,
- corral,
- crate,
- deck,
- dight,
- dishabille,
- do up,
- drape,
- dress,
- dud,
- dust jacket,
- embay,
- embosom,
- embox,
- embrace,
- encapsulate,
- encase,
- encircle,
- enclasp,
- enclose,
- enclothe,
- encompass,
- endue,
- enfold,
- enrobe,
- enshrine,
- enshroud,
- envelop,
- envelope,
- envelopment,
- environ,
- enwrap,
- fence in,
- garb,
- garment,
- gift wrapping,
- gird,
- girdle,
- girt,
- girth,
- go around,
- go round,
- habilitate,
- hedge in,
- hem in,
- house in,
- impound,
- imprison,
- incarcerate,
- include,
- invest,
- involve,
- jacket,
- jail,
- kennel,
- lace,
- lap,
- lash,
- leaguer,
- leash,
- mask,
- mew,
- mew up,
- muffle up,
- neglige,
- negligee,
- pack,
- package,
- parcel,
- pen,
- pen in,
- pocket,
- quarantine,
- rag out,
- rail in,
- raiment,
- robe,
- roll up,
- rope,
- sheathe,
- shrine,
- shroud,
- shut in,
- shut up,
- smother,
- something comfortable,
- splice,
- sport clothes,
- stable,
- strap,
- surround,
- swaddle,
- swathe,
- tie,
- tie up,
- tire,
- truss,
- truss up,
- undress,
- veil,
- wall in,
- wire,
- wrap about,
- wrap up,
- wrapper,
- wrapping,
- yard,
- yard up