wrap
See also: Wrap
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) enPR: răp, IPA(key): /ɹæp/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -æp
- Homophone: rap
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /ɹɒp/[1][2]
Etymology 1
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 forms
- wrop (dialectal)
Verb
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.
- Christmas gifts are commonly known to be wrapped in 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.
- (figurative) 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.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:wrap.
Synonyms
- (enclose in fabric, paper, etc): enfold, lap
Antonyms
- unwrap
Derived terms
- soft-wrap
- wrap-around, wraparound
- wrappable
- wrapper
- wrapping
- wrapround, wrap-round
Related terms
- wrap around
- wrap around one's little finger
- wrap up
Translations
to enclose completely in fabric, paper, etc
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to enclose or coil around an object or organism
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figuratively: to conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide
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to finish shooting a video, television show, or movie
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Etymology 2
From Middle English wrappe, from the verb (see above).
Noun
wrap (countable and uncountable, plural wraps)
- Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.
- A loose piece of women's clothing that one wraps around the body; a shawl or scarf.
- (chiefly in the plural, now rare) An outer garment worn as protection while riding, travelling etc.
- 1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book I, chapter 6:
- ‘I see you have had our Lowick Cicero here,’ she said, seating herself comfortably, throwing back her wraps, and showing a thin but well-built figure.
- 1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book I, chapter 6:
- 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.'
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- A wraparound mortgage.
- (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.
Derived terms
- alpha wrap
- fish wrap
- gift-wrap, giftwrap
- omega wrap
- under wraps
Translations
paper or sheeting wrapped around something
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garment
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food
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the completion of all or a major part of a performance
Noun
wrap (plural wraps)
- (Australia, informal) Alternative spelling of rap (“appraisal”)
References
- “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.”.
- 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:, →ISBN, § 5, page 13.
Anagrams
- warp
Finnish
Etymology
From English wrap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈræp/, [ˈræp]
- IPA(key): /ˈʋræp/, [ˈʋræp]
Noun
wrap
- wrap (food)
Declension
Declension of wrap (type risti)
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Synonyms
- rulla
- wrappi
French
Etymology
From English wrap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁap/, /vʁap/
- Homophones: rap, râpe
Noun
wrap m (plural wraps)
- wrap (sandwich)
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English wrap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrap/ [ˈrap]
- Rhymes: -ap
Noun
wrap m (plural wraps)
- wrap (sandwich)
Usage notes
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.