Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrapped}or {Wrapt}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Wrapping}.] [OE. wrappen, probably akin to E. warp.
[root]144. Cf. {Warp}.]
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.
Source : WordNet®
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}]
[also: {wrapping}, {wrapped}]
wrapped
adj 1: covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak;
"leaf-clothed trees"; "fog-cloaked meadows"; "a beam
draped with cobwebs"; "cloud-wrapped peaks" [syn: {cloaked},
{clothed}, {draped}, {mantled}]
2: wholly absorbed as in thought; "deep in thought"; "that
engrossed look or rapt delight"; "the book had her totally
engrossed"; "enwrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this
fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de
la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought" [syn: {absorbed},
{engrossed}, {enwrapped}, {intent}, {rapt}]
3: enclosed securely in a covering of paper or the like; "gaily
wrapped gifts" [ant: {unwrapped}]
wrap
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}]
wrapped
See {wrap}