wrap

Meaning

1. To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
2. To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
3. To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
4. To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.
5. To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line
6. To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
7. To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.

cover

wrap round

wind around

making-up

packing up

tie on

be covered

dress a wound

gather in

press together

wind round

put on a turban

cover the head with a cloth

cover with

impinge on

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹæp/

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. Also compare Latin verber (“whip, lash”).

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