wrap

Nouns

  • (n) cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person wrapper,
  • (n) a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla
  • (n) the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped wrapping, wrapper,

Verbs

  • (v) arrange or fold as a cover or protection
    • wrap the baby before taking her out
    • Wrap the present
    wrap up,
  • (v) arrange or or coil around
    • roll your hair around your finger
    • Twine the thread around the spool
    • She wrapped her arms around the child
    twine, wind, roll,
  • (v) enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
    • Fog enveloped the house
    enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap,
  • (v) crash into so as to coil around
    • The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant

Synonyms

wrapper wrap up twine wind roll enclose enfold envelop enwrap wrapping

Antonyms

unwrap undo unroll unwind wind off

See also

wrap up roll up

Words of close approximity

wry
wren writ
wraparound wrapped wrapped up wrapper wrapping wrapping paper wrap up