Wrap

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [A corrupt spelling of rap.]
     To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.
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           Lo! where the stripling, wrapt in wonder, roves.
                                                    --Beattie.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrapped}or {Wrapt}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Wrapping}.] [OE. wrappen, probably akin to E. warp.
     [root]144. Cf. {Warp}.]
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     1. To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.
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              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.
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              Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch
              About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
                                                    --Bryant.
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     2. To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to
        involve; to infold; -- often with up.
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              I . . . wrapt in mist
              Of midnight vapor, glide obscure.     --Milton.
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     3. To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to
        involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by.
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              Wise poets that wrap truth in tales.  --Carew.
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     {To be wrapped up in}, to be wholly engrossed in; to be
        entirely dependent on; to be covered with.
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              Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was
              wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of
              her daughter.                         --Addison.
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              Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . .
              are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable
              obscurity.                            --Locke.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wrap \Wrap\, n.
     A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs,
     shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wrap
       n 1: cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person [syn: {wrapper}]
       2: a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft
          tortilla
       3: the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which
          something is wrapped [syn: {wrapping}, {wrapper}]
       v 1: arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby
            before taking her out"; "Wrap the present" [syn: {wrap
            up}] [ant: {unwrap}]
       2: wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger";
          "Twine the thread around the spool" [syn: {wind}, {roll},
          {twine}] [ant: {unwind}]
       3: enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering;
          "Fog enveloped the house" [syn: {envelop}, {enfold}, {enwrap},
           {enclose}]
       [also: {wrapping}, {wrapped}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  151 Moby Thesaurus words for "wrap":
     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