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Wrapping   /rˈæpɪŋ/   Listen
Wrapping

noun
1.
The covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped.  Synonyms: wrap, wrapper.
2.
An enveloping bandage.  Synonym: swathe.


Wrap

verb
(past & past part. wrapped or wrapt; pres. part. wrapping)
1.
Arrange or fold as a cover or protection.  Synonym: wrap up.  "Wrap the present"
2.
Arrange or or coil around.  Synonyms: roll, twine, wind.  "Twine the thread around the spool" , "She wrapped her arms around the child"
3.
Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering.  Synonyms: enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap.
4.
Crash into so as to coil around.



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"Wrapping" Quotes from Famous Books



... length she undid the wrapping, her eye was at once caught by the papers within the volume. She started, and seemed afraid to touch the book. Her first thought was that Eldon had enclosed a letter; but she saw that there was no envelope, only two or three loose slips. At length she examined them and found ...
— Demos • George Gissing
... hill countries is used both instead of paper by the shopkeepers in the bazaars, and for lining the roofs of houses in order to make them water-tight. It is also exported to India, where in many places it is likewise used for wrapping up parcels, and plays an important part in the manufacture of the flexible pipe-stems used by huka smokers. To give an idea of the quantities which are brought into Srinagar, I may mention that on one single day I counted fourteen large barges with birch bark on the river.... ...
— Chips From A German Workshop, Vol. V. • F. Max Mueller
... a hitch anywhere. And wasn't the house a bower? I never had so much fun at any wedding in my life. Bess was so fresh and gay, and she and George helped us until the very last minute—do you remember?—gathering the roses and wrapping the ...
— Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby and Other Stories • Kathleen Norris
... lamb and gooseberry tart to delay their coming; she placed Cousin Gustus in an arm-chair, first wrapping him up because he felt cold, and then unwrapping him again because he felt hot; ...
— This Is the End • Stella Benson
... enclose it, no wax to seal it. He did, however, carry a stub of a candle—a requisite to most northern men who are obliged to build supper fires in wet forest. Folding his letter carefully, he sealed it with tallow. Then wrapping one of his blankets about him, he prepared to wait for the dawn. Fenris growled and ...
— The Sky Line of Spruce • Edison Marshall


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