wrapped

wrap  (rp)

v. wrapped or wrapt (rpt), wrap·ping, wraps

v.tr.

1. To arrange or fold (something) about as cover or protection: She wrapped her fur coat closely about herself.

2. To cover, envelop, or encase, as by folding or coiling something about: wrapped my head in a scarf.

3. To enclose, especially in paper, and fasten: wrap a package; wrapped up the peelings.

4. To clasp, fold, or coil about something: She wrapped her arms about his neck.

5. To move (text that will not fit on a line) automatically to the following line.

6. To envelop and obscure: Fog wrapped the city.

7. To surround or involve in a specified quality or atmosphere: The plan was wrapped in secrecy.

8. To engross: She was wrapped in thought.

v.intr.

1. To coil or twist about or around something: The flag wrapped around the pole.

2. To be moved automatically to the following line upon reaching a margin. Used of text.

3. To put on warm clothing. Usually used with up.

4. To conclude filming: The movie is scheduled to wrap next week.

n.

1. A garment to be wrapped or folded about a person, especially an outer garment such as a robe, cloak, shawl, or coat.

2. A blanket.

3. A wrapping or wrapper.

4. A flatbread, such as a tortilla or lavash, rolled around a filling.

5. The completion of filming on a movie.

Phrasal Verb:

wrap up

1. To bring to a conclusion; settle finally or successfully: wrap up a business deal.

2. To summarize; recapitulate.

Idioms:

under wraps Informal

Secret or concealed: "The news was kept under wraps for the three-day weekend" Boston Globe.

wrapped up in

1. Completely immersed or absorbed in: She is wrapped up in her studies.

2. Involved in: They were wrapped up in criminal activities.

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[Middle English wrappen; see wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	wrapped - covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak; "leaf-clothed trees"; "fog-cloaked meadows"; "a beam draped with cobwebs"; "cloud-wrapped peaks" draped, mantled, cloaked, clothed covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"
	2.	wrapped - giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought" absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, captive attentive - (often followed by `to') giving care or attention; "attentive to details"; "the nurse was attentive to her patient"; "an attentive suitor"
	3.	wrapped - enclosed securely in a covering of paper or the like; "gaily wrapped gifts" unwrapped - not yet wrapped or having the wrapping removed; "she faced a mountainous pile of presents still unwrapped"; "the floor around the tree was littered with gifts already unwrapped"