wrap
1. cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
wrapper
• Derivationally related forms:
wrap (for: wrapper)
• Hypernyms:
cloak
2. a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla
• Hypernyms:
sandwich
• Part Meronyms:
tortilla
3. the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped
• Syn:
wrapping, wrapper
• Derivationally related forms:
wrap (for: wrapper)
• Hypernyms:
covering
• Hyponyms:
envelope, film, plastic film, gift wrapping, jacket, plastic wrap
1. arrange or fold as a cover or protection (Freq. 5)
- wrap the baby before taking her out
- Wrap the present
• Syn:
wrap up
• Ant:
unwrap
• Derivationally related forms:
wrapper, wrapping
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Hyponyms:
do up, parcel, cere, shrinkwrap, gift-wrap, shroud
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. arrange or or coil around (Freq. 4)
- roll your hair around your finger
- Twine the thread around the spool
- She wrapped her arms around the child
• Syn:
wind, roll, twine
• Ant:
unwind (for: wind)
• See Also:
roll up (for: roll), wrap up
• Derivationally related forms:
roller (for: roll), roll (for: roll), winder (for: wind)
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
spool, reel, ball, clue, clew,
coil, loop, curl
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They wrap the wire around the stick
- The wires wrap around the stick
3. enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering (Freq. 1)
- Fog enveloped the house
• Syn:
envelop, enfold, enwrap, enclose
• Derivationally related forms:
enclosure (for: enclose), enclosing (for: enclose), enfolding (for: enfold), envelopment (for: envelop)
• Hypernyms:
cover
• Hyponyms:
benight, tube, capsule, capsulate, capsulize,
capsulise, engulf, sheathe, cocoon, bathe, shroud,
enshroud, hide, cover
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
4. crash into so as to coil around
- The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant
• Hypernyms:
crash
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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