wrap

CEFRB1

/ɹæp/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To cover or surround something with paper, cloth, or another material.

  2. 02

    noun

    A piece of material used to cover or surround something.

Examples

  • Do you want me to wrap it up as a gift?

  • Pretty soon we'd better wrap up this break and get back to work.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /(w)ræp/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.

  2. To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.

  3. To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.

More examples

In context

  • Could you gift wrap it?

  • A snake wraps itself around its prey.

  • Christmas gifts are commonly known to be wrapped in paper.

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Each year, we carefully blank the gifts with beautiful paper and ribbons.

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Origin

verb

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”).