wrap
♦ wrap /r'æp/ (wraps wrapping wrapped)
1 [VERB] V n, V n in n
When you wrap something, you fold paper or cloth tightly round it to cover it completely, for example in order to protect it or so that you can give it to someone as a present.
Harry had carefully bought and wrapped presents for Mark to give them...
Mexican Indians used to wrap tough meat in leaves from the papaya tree.
≠ unwrap
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
Wrap up means the same as wrap.
Diana is taking the opportunity to wrap up the family presents.
2 [N-UNCOUNT] usu supp N
Wrap is the material that something is wrapped in.
I tucked some plastic wrap around the sandwiches to keep them from getting stale.
...gift wrap.
3 [VERB] V n around/over n
When you wrap something such as a piece of paper or cloth round another thing, you put it around it.
She wrapped a handkerchief around her bleeding palm...
4 [VERB] V n around n
If someone wraps their arms, fingers, or legs around something, they put them firmly around it.
He wrapped his arms around her.
5
see also wrapping
6 [PHRASE] v-link PHR, PHR after v
If you keep something under wraps, you keep it secret, often until you are ready to announce it at some time in the future.
The bids were submitted in May and were meant to have been kept under wraps until October...plas|tic wrap
[N-UNCOUNT]
Plastic wrap is a thin, clear, stretchy plastic which you use to cover food to keep it fresh. (AM; in BRIT, use clingfilm)
= Saran wrapSa|ran wrap /sər'æn ræp/
[N-UNCOUNT]
Saran wrap is a thin, clear, stretchy plastic which you use to cover food to keep it fresh. (TRADEMARK) (AM; in BRIT, use clingfilm)wrap up
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P adv/adj/prep, also V P
If you wrap up, you put warm clothes on.
Markus has wrapped up warmly in a woolly hat...
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
If you wrap up something such as a job or an agreement, you complete it in a satisfactory way.
NATO defense ministers wrap up their meeting in Brussels today...
Seeing Sticht was keeping him from his golf game, and he hoped they could wrap it up quickly.
3
see also wrap 1, wrapped up
1 [VERB] V n, V n in n
When you wrap something, you fold paper or cloth tightly round it to cover it completely, for example in order to protect it or so that you can give it to someone as a present.
Harry had carefully bought and wrapped presents for Mark to give them...
Mexican Indians used to wrap tough meat in leaves from the papaya tree.
≠ unwrap
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
Wrap up means the same as wrap.
Diana is taking the opportunity to wrap up the family presents.
2 [N-UNCOUNT] usu supp N
Wrap is the material that something is wrapped in.
I tucked some plastic wrap around the sandwiches to keep them from getting stale.
...gift wrap.
3 [VERB] V n around/over n
When you wrap something such as a piece of paper or cloth round another thing, you put it around it.
She wrapped a handkerchief around her bleeding palm...
4 [VERB] V n around n
If someone wraps their arms, fingers, or legs around something, they put them firmly around it.
He wrapped his arms around her.
5
see also wrapping
6 [PHRASE] v-link PHR, PHR after v
If you keep something under wraps, you keep it secret, often until you are ready to announce it at some time in the future.
The bids were submitted in May and were meant to have been kept under wraps until October...plas|tic wrap
[N-UNCOUNT]
Plastic wrap is a thin, clear, stretchy plastic which you use to cover food to keep it fresh. (AM; in BRIT, use clingfilm)
= Saran wrapSa|ran wrap /sər'æn ræp/
[N-UNCOUNT]
Saran wrap is a thin, clear, stretchy plastic which you use to cover food to keep it fresh. (TRADEMARK) (AM; in BRIT, use clingfilm)wrap up
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P adv/adj/prep, also V P
If you wrap up, you put warm clothes on.
Markus has wrapped up warmly in a woolly hat...
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P
If you wrap up something such as a job or an agreement, you complete it in a satisfactory way.
NATO defense ministers wrap up their meeting in Brussels today...
Seeing Sticht was keeping him from his golf game, and he hoped they could wrap it up quickly.
3
see also wrap 1, wrapped up