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wrap

UK/ɹɒp/ US/ɹæp/ common informal slang
verb (3) noun (3)

verb

1.

arrange or fold as a cover or protection

  • “wrap the baby before taking her out”
  • “Wrap the present”
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2.

wrap or coil around

  • “roll your hair around your finger”
  • “Twine the thread around the spool”
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3.

enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering

  • “Fog enveloped the house”
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noun

1.

cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person

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2.

a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla

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Origin

From Middle English wrappen (“to wrap, fold”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to North Frisian wrappe (“to press into; stop up”), dialectal Danish vrappe (“to stuff, cram”), Middle Low German rincworpen (“to envelop, wrap”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, scrunch the face”), all perhaps tied to Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist, bend”). Compare also similar-sounding and similar-meaning Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, lap, envelop, fold”), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up”), Old Italian goluppare (“to wrap”) (from Germanic). Doublet of lap; related to envelop, develop. Also compare Latin verber (“whip, lash”).

Phrases

  • alpha wrap
  • body wrap
  • book wrap
  • breakfast wrap
  • bubble wrap
  • cash wrap
  • cling wrap
  • daily wrap
  • not wrapped too tight
  • riddle wrapped up in an enigma
  • wrap around
  • wrap around one's little finger

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