wrap

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English

Etymology

From Middle English wrappen (“to wrap, fold”), from Old English *wræppan, *wrappan, from Proto-Germanic *wrappanan (“to wrap, turn, twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist, bend”). Cognate with Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, lap, fold”), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up”), Danish dialectal vravle (“to wind, wind around”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, scrunch the face”), Old Italian goluppare (from Germanic). More at lap, envelop.

Pronunciation

• (RP) & US: enPR: răp, IPA: /ræp/, SAMPA: /r{p/
• Rhymes: -æp
• Homophone: rap

Verb

wrap (third-person singular simple present wraps, present participle wrapping, simple past and past participle wrapped or (archaic) wrapt)

1. (transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
2. (transitive) To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping. A prerequisite to constriction in snakes.
3. (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.

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Synonyms

• (enclose in fabric, paper, etc): enfold

Antonyms

• unwrap

Derived terms

• wrap around and wrap-around
• wrap around one's little finger
• wrappable
• wrapper
• wrapping
• wrap up

Translations

enclose in fabric, paper, etc

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Dutch: inpakken (nl) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kääriä (fi) French: envelopper (fr), emballer (fr) German: wickeln, einwickeln, einpacken, hüllen, umhüllen Greek: τυλίγω (el) (tylígo) Hebrew: לכרוך (he) (likhrokh), לעטוף (he) (la'atof) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

Portuguese: embalar (pt), empacotar (pt) Romanian: înfășura (ro), împacheta (ro) Russian: заворачивать (ru) (zavoráčivat') impf., завернуть (ru) (zav'ernút') pf.; оборачивать (ru) (oboráčivat') impf., обернуть (ru) (ob'ernút') pf. Spanish: envolver (es), fajar (es) Swedish: slå in (sv), paketera (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Yiddish: וויקלען (yi) (viklen), הילן (yi) (hiln)

Noun

wrap (plural wraps)

1. A garment that one wraps around the body to keep oneself warm.
2. A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a pancake.
3. (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”, 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.'

Translations

garment

Czech: přehoz (cs) m., plášť (cs) m. Dutch: omslag (nl) Finnish: peitto (fi) German: Schal (de) m., Umhang (de) m.

Romanian: șal (ro) n., veșmânt înfășurător n. Spanish: envolver (es) Swedish: skynke (sv) n., sjal (sv) c.

food

Finnish: wrap (fi) French: crêpe (fr) f.

Swedish: wrap (sv) c., crêpe (sv) c.

Anagrams

• warp