[ UK /ɹˈæp/ ]
[ US /ˈɹæp/ ]
VERB
  1. arrange or or coil around
    She wrapped her arms around the child
    roll your hair around your finger
    Twine the thread around the spool
  2. enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
    Fog enveloped the house
  3. crash into so as to coil around
    The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant
  4. arrange or fold as a cover or protection
    Wrap the present
    wrap the baby before taking her out
NOUN
  1. a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla
  2. the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped
  3. cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
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How To Use wrap In A Sentence

  • She is an enigma wrapped in a riddle trapped in a really bad haircut. Times, Sunday Times
  • Another friend notes a shift in the type of gifts given at wedding showers, a reversion to 1950s-style offerings: soup ladles and frilly aprons are being unwrapped along with see-through nighties and push-up bras.
  • They are stored wrapped in plastic and aluminium. PCOS DIET BOOK: How you can use the nutritional approach to deal with polycystic ovary syndrome
  • The schematic for the DTMF decoder in the figure below. Again you can use a combination of wire wrapping and soldering. Part placement is not critical.
  • She recently wrapped up a prestigious year-long stint clerking for Judge Leonie M. Brinkema at the federal court in Alexandria -- but, no, said she couldn't discuss any of the cases she worked on. Cate Edwards lands first law firm job, joins the ranks of Washington lawyers
  • Look out for fashionable twists on uniform basics such as wrap-over cargo-style skirts from £9.
  • What's more it was delivered to subscribers wrapped in a natty waterproof jacket.
  • I wrapped my arms around him and he buried his face into my shoulder like he had earlier that evening, shoulders heaving as he wrapped his arms around my waist.
  • Wrapped in slick vocal layering and multi-tracked veneer, the disc is more upbeat than previous records and features an old-country twang.
  • It's often said they're more interested in playing with the wrapping than the gifts. The Sun
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