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wrap
verb wrapped, wrapping
    1. To fold or wind something round someone or something.
    2. To cover or enfold it.
      Thesaurus: enclose, bundle up, package, encase, surround, swathe, muffle, shroud, cloak, cocoon, sheathe, cover.
      Form: wrap something up (also)
    3. literary
      To embrace someone.
noun
    1. A warm garment, especially a shawl or stole for the shoulders.
      Thesaurus: shawl, cloak, cape, stole, mantle, robe.
    2. A protective covering.
    3. A wrapper.
    4. cinematog.TV.
      The completion of filming or recording, or the end of a session of filming or recording.
Idiom: keep something under wraps
    colloq
    To keep it secret.
Idiom: take the wraps off something
    colloq
    To reveal it to the public for the first time.
Idiom: wrapped up in someone or something
    Absorbed in them or it; engrossed by them or it.
Etymology: 14c.

Phrasal Verb: wrap round
    Said eg of a piece of clothing: to pass right round with an overlap. See also wraparound 1.Said of text on a screen: to start a new line automatically as soon as the last character space on the previous line is filled. See also wraparound 2.
Phrasal Verb: wrap something round oneself or someone
    To draw or pull (a garment) close round them.
      Example: She wrapped the scarf round her neck
      Example: She wrapped the coat round his shoulders
Phrasal Verb: wrap something round
    Something to crash (a vehicle) into (a post or tree, etc).
Phrasal Verb: wrap up
    To dress warmly
      Example: Wrap up warm before you leave!
    To be quiet.
Phrasal Verb: wrap something up
    To finish it off or settle it finally.To put and secure wrapping paper around it, especially a gift.


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