wrap : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wrap	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for wrap
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wrap n cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person [syn: wrap, wrapper] a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped Synonym(s): wrapping, wrap, wrapper v arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby before taking her out"; "Wrap the present" Synonym(s): wrap, wrap up Antonym(s): undo, unwrap arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child" Synonym(s): wind, wrap, roll, twine Antonym(s): unroll, unwind, wind off enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house" Synonym(s): envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose crash into so as to coil around; "The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [A corrupt spelling of rap.] To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt. Lo! where the stripling, wrapt in wonder, roves. --Beattie.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrap \Wrap\, n. A wrapper; -- often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrapped}or {Wrapt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wrapping}.] [OE. wrappen, probably akin to E. warp. [fb]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.