WRAPPING

swathe, wrapping

(noun) an enveloping bandage

wrapping, wrap, wrapper

(noun) the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped

WRAP

wrap, wrap up

(verb) arrange or fold as a cover or protection; “wrap the baby before taking her out”; “Wrap the present”

wind, wrap, roll, twine

(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”

wrap

(verb) crash into so as to coil around; “The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant”

envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose

(verb) enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; “Fog enveloped the house”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

wrapping (plural wrappings)

The material in which something is wrapped.

Etymology 2

Verb

wrapping

present participle of wrap

Source: Wiktionary


WRAP

Wrap, v. t. Etym: [A corrupt spelling of rap.]

Definition: To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt. Lo! where the stripling, wrapt in wonder, roves. Beattie.

Wrap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrapped or Wrapt; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrapping.] Etym: [OE. wrappen, probably akin to E. warp. *144. Cf. Warp.]

1. To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds. 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. Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Bryant.

2. To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; -- often with up. I . . . wrapt in mist Of midnight vapor, glide obscure. Milton.

3. To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by. Wise poets that wrap truth in tales. Carew. To be wrapped up in, to be wholly engrossed in; to be entirely dependent on; to be covered with. Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of her daughter. Addison. Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . . are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable obscurity. Locke.

Wrap, n.

Definition: A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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