wrap
See also: Wrap
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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.
Alternative formsEdit
- wrop (dialectal)
VerbEdit
wrap (third-person singular simple present wraps, present participle wrapping, simple past and past participle wrapped or (archaic) wrapt)
- (transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
- (transitive) To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
- A snake wraps itself around its prey.
- 1811, William Cullen Bryant, Thanatopsis
- Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch / About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
- (figuratively) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
- a. 1640, Thomas Carew, Ingrateful Beauty Threatened
- wise poets that wrap truth in tales
- a. 1640, Thomas Carew, Ingrateful Beauty Threatened
- (transitive or intransitive, video production) To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.
- To avoid going over budget, let's make sure we wrap by ten. (compare wrap up 2)
- (lines, words, text, etc.) To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line
- I wrapped the text so that I wouldn't need to scroll to the right to read it.
- (computing, transitive) To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
- (transitive) To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.
- The row counter wraps back to zero when no more rows can be inserted.
QuotationsEdit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:wrap.
SynonymsEdit
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to enclose completely in fabric, paper, etc
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to enclose or coil around an object or organism
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English wrappe, from the verb (see above).
NounEdit
wrap (plural wraps)
- Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.
- A garment that one wraps around the body to keep oneself warm.
- A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
- (entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
- 1994, Olivia Goldsmith, Fashionably Late:
- But she could knock off right after the wrap, have dinner, and take a later flight.
- 2003 January 12, “Encore Presentation: Interview With the Bee Gees”, in CNN_KingWknd:
- The first time I met him is when we went to the – after the wrap party, we went to a little sound room – or a little screening room and watched the preview
- 2009 November 14, Fox News Watch:
- And that's a wrap on "News Watch." For Judy, Jim, Cal and Kirsten, I'm Jon Scott. We'll see you again next week.'
- A wraparound mortgage.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
garment
food
the completion of all or a major part of a performance
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
wrap (plural wraps)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ “Wrap” in John Walker, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] , London: Sold by G. G. J. and J. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1791, →OCLC, page 557: “☞ This word is often pronounced wrop, rhyming with top, even by ſpeakers much above the vulgar.”.
AnagramsEdit
FinnishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
wrap
- wrap (food)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of wrap (type risti)
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SynonymsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ʁap/, /vʁap/
- Homophones: rap, râpe
NounEdit
wrap m (plural wraps)
- wrap (sandwich)
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
wrap m (plural wraps)
- wrap (sandwich)