wrap Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
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
wrapping; wrapper.
verb arrange or fold as a cover or protection
wrap up.
- wrap the baby before taking her out
- Wrap the present
verb arrange or or coil around
twine; roll; wind.
- roll your hair around your finger
- Twine the thread around the spool
- She wrapped her arms around the child
verb enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
enclose; envelop; enfold; enwrap.
- Fog enveloped the house
verb crash into so as to coil around
- The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant

A corrupt spelling of rap.

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

OE. wrappen, probably akin to E. warp. *144. Cf. Warp.

imperfect & past participle Wrapped or Wrapt; present participle & verbal noun Wrapping

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.
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.
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.

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.

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