wrap

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English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

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.

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Verb[edit]

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.
    Christmas gifts are commonly known to be wrapped in paper.
  2. (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.
  3. (figuratively) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
    • a. 1640, Thomas Carew, Ingrateful Beauty Threatened
      wise poets that wrap truth in tales
  4. (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)
  5. (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.
  6. (computing, transitive) To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
  7. (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.
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English wrappe, from the verb (see above).

Noun[edit]

wrap (countable and uncountable, plural wraps)

  1. Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.
  2. A garment that one wraps around the body to keep oneself warm.
  3. A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
  4. (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.'
  5. A wraparound mortgage.
  6. (television, radio) A complete news report ready for broadcast, incorporating spoken reporting and other material.
    Synonym: package
    • 2005, Alan R. Stephenson, ‎David E. Reese, ‎Mary E. Beadle, Broadcast Announcing Worktext (page 164)
      This is a news report from the scene of the event. When a voicer and an actuality are combined into one complete story, it's known as a wrap.
    • 2005, Ted White, Broadcast News: Writing, Reporting, and Producing (page 245)
      Attend a news conference, and prepare a wrap or package.
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Noun[edit]

wrap (plural wraps)

  1. (Australia, informal) Alternative spelling of rap (“appraisal”)

References[edit]

  1. ^ “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.”.
  2. ^ Stanley, Oma (1937), “I. Vowel Sounds in Stressed Syllables”, in The Speech of East Texas (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 2), New York: Columbia University Press, DOI:10.7312/stan90028, →ISBN, § 5, page 13.

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Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English wrap.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈræp/, [ˈræp]
  • IPA(key): /ˈʋræp/, [ˈʋræp]

Noun[edit]

wrap

  1. wrap (food)

Declension[edit]

Declension of wrap (type risti)
singular plural
nominative wrap wrapit
genitive wrapin wrappien
partitive wrappiä wrappejä
accusative wrap
wrapin 		wrapit
inessive wrapissä wrapeissä
elative wrapistä wrapeistä
illative wrappiin wrappeihin
adessive wrapillä wrapeillä
ablative wrapiltä wrapeiltä
allative wrapille wrapeille
essive wrappinä wrappeinä
translative wrapiksi wrapeiksi
instructive – wrapein
abessive wrapittä wrapeittä
comitative – wrappeineen

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English wrap.

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wrap m (plural wraps)

  1. wrap (sandwich)

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English wrap.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

wrap m (plural wraps)

  1. wrap (sandwich)

Usage notes[edit]

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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