'Wrapping' definitions:
Definition of 'wrapping'
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Definition of 'Wrapping'
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]
Synonyms of 'wrapping'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambient,
- bandage,
- bandaging,
- binder,
- binding,
- blanketing,
- blocking,
- blotting out,
- cementwork,
- circling,
- circumambient,
- circumferential,
- circumflex,
- circumfluent,
- circumfluous,
- circumjacent,
- cloaking,
- clouding,
- coating,
- coverage,
- covering,
- curtaining,
- dust jacket,
- eclipse,
- eclipsing,
- embracing,
- encircling,
- enclosing,
- encompassing,
- enfolding,
- envelope,
- enveloping,
- envelopment,
- environing,
- enwrapment,
- enwrapping,
- gift wrapping,
- hiding,
- incrustation,
- jacket,
- laying on,
- mantling,
- masking,
- neighboring,
- obduction,
- obscuring,
- occultation,
- overlaying,
- overspreading,
- pargeting,
- peripheral,
- plasterwork,
- roundabout,
- screening,
- sheathing,
- shielding,
- shrouding,
- stuccowork,
- suburban,
- superimposition,
- superposition,
- surrounding,
- upholstering,
- upholstery,
- veiling,
- wrap,
- wrapper