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wrapping
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Wrap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wrapped or Wrapt; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrapping.]
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 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]
wrapping
n 1: the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which
something is wrapped [syn: wrap, wrapper]
2: an enveloping bandage [syn: swathe]