wrap

English Online Dictionary. What means wrap‎? What does wrap mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) enPR: răp, IPA^(key): /ɹæp/
  • Rhymes: -æp
  • Homophone: rap
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ɹɒp/

Etymology 1

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”).

Alternative forms

• wrop (dialectal)

Verb

wrap (third-person singular simple present wraps, present participle wrapping, simple past and past participle wrapped or (archaic) wrapt)

1. (transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
2. (transitive) To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
3. (transitive, figurative) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
4. (transitive or intransitive, video production) To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.

   To avoid going over budget, let's make sure we wrap by ten. (compare wrap up 2)

5. (transitive, lines, words, text, etc.) To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line

6. (computing, transitive) To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
7. (transitive or intransitive) To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:wrap.

Synonyms

• (enclose in fabric, paper, etc): enfold, lap, enswathe, envelop,

Antonyms

• unwrap

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English wrappe, from the verb (see above).

Noun

wrap (countable and uncountable, plural wraps)

1. Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.
2. A loose piece of women's clothing that one wraps around the body; a shawl or scarf.
3. (chiefly in the plural, now rare) An outer garment worn as protection while riding, travelling etc.
4. A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
5. (entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
6. A wraparound mortgage.
7. (television, radio) A complete news report ready for broadcast, incorporating spoken reporting and other material.

   Synonym: package
8. The act of wrapping

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

wrap (plural wraps)

1. (Australia, informal) Alternative spelling of rap (“appraisal”)

References

Anagrams

• warp

Finnish

Etymology

From English wrap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwræp/, [ˈwræp]
• IPA^(key): /ˈræp/, [ˈræp]
• IPA^(key): /ˈʋræp/, [ˈʋræp]
• Rhymes: -æp

Noun

wrap

1. wrap (food)

Declension

Synonyms

• rulla
• wrappi

Further reading

• “wrap”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English wrap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁap/, /vʁap/
• Homophones: rap, râpe

Noun

wrap m (plural wraps)

1. wrap (sandwich)

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English wrap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrap/, /ˈvrap/
• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: wrap
• Homophones: rab, Rab, rap

Noun

wrap m animal or m inan

1. wrap (type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake)

Declension

Further reading

• wrap in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wrap in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• wrap at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English wrap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrap/ [ˈrap]
• Rhymes: -ap

Noun

wrap m (plural wraps)

1. wrap (sandwich)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.