wrapn.

Brit.

/rap/, U.S.

/ræp/

Forms: Also Middle English wrappe.

Etymology: < wrap v. Not usual before the 19th cent.

a. A wrapper or covering. Also figurative.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > a wrapping

wrapping1387

fardela1425

wrapc1460

wrapperc1460

fold1497

out-band1621

wrappery1662

embalment1697

emballage1714

woolding1729

enwrapment1753

wrappage1827

lapping1858

c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 212 Thow must square & proporcioun þy bred..and so shaltow make þy wrappe [v.r. wrapper] for þy master manerly.

1584 W. Barrett in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 216 In Goa they vse not to abate any tare of any goods, except of sacks or wraps.

1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma iii. 96 That want of power to penetrate through wraps and appearances to the essence of things.

b. A cover, blanket, rug, or the like for laying over or drawing about the person when travelling, reposing, etc. (Cf. 2b.)

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering > cloth or textile > for the person

rug1591

wrappers1853

wrap1861

1861 Daily Chron. 12 Sept. We have heard..Livingstone, the African explorer, and many other travellers, say that at night no wrap could equal the beard.

1863 E. Dicey Six Months in Federal States I. 54 I had..two large carpet-bags, a bundle of heavy wraps, and an umbrella, to transport with me.

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 15 A few wraps in case of a night bivouac.

c. Material used for wrapping, esp. very thin plastic film.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > a wrapping > material of

wrappagea1876

wrap1930

1930 Food Industries Jan. 13/1 [Cellophane] was first introduced into this country from France as a wrap for candy.

1930 Food Industries Jan. 13/1 The transparent type of wrap proved decidedly popular.

1958 Chain Store Age Apr. 168/3 The Aluminum Company of America is now packaging Alcoa wrap in a ‘flat pak’.

1976 ‘O. Jacks’ Assassination Day v. 81 He bundled the notes up into foil wrap, put two in..his refrigerator.

1977 Time 14 Mar. 39/3 The thin sail (ordinary plastic kitchen wrap is five times thicker) would be coated with an aluminum reflecting layer on the side that will face the sun.

1979 Sci. Amer. Jan. 131/1 You could also build up layers of stretched plastic food wrap.

1980 Outdoor Life (U.S.) Oct. (Northeast ed.) 126/2 Cover an exposed drain valve with plastic wrap to prevent road slush from accumulating.

a. A loose garment or article of feminine dress used or designed to envelop or fold about the person; a shawl, scarf, or the like.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > wrap

whittlec900

labey1497

linsel1594

wrapping1635

wrapper1782

wrap1827

wrappage1833

lapping1858

wrappering1862

throw-over1891

1827 Lady's Mag. June 342/1 The Circassian wrap is much worn for half-dress;..it well sets off the fine bust of a well-made female.

1840 Ladies' Cabinet Mar. 201 This is not however the case with the cloaks or shawls adopted as wraps for evening parties.

1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. x. 161 Arthur..had the delight of putting Zadwidga's wrap around her shoulders.

1894 M. Dyan All in Man's Keeping (1899) 222 Her face..was close to his shoulder; a light wrap of lace framed it.

b. An additional outer garment used or intended to be worn as a defence against wind or weather when driving, travelling, etc. Usually plural. (Cf. 1b.)

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > wrap > types of

amicea1382

amytc1384

manto1679

manta1697

palla1706

wrapper1799

wrapa1817

Afghan1850

crossover1868

tea-wrap1909

a1817 J. Austen Watsons in Wks. (1954) VI. 355 Tom Musgrave in the wrap of a traveller.

1855 A. Manning Old Chelsea Bun-house xiv. 229 I was taking off my wraps, and making ready to go up stairs.

1875 J. H. Bennet Winter & Spring Mediterranean (ed. 5) x. 303 A bitter cold north-west wind..had been blowing, which obliged us to use all our wraps.

1898 J. B. Wollocombe From Morn till Eve i. 2 After unrolling and unbuttoning his outer wraps, the doctor..ascended the stairs.

a. spec. A single convolution, twist, or winding of a thread in fastening an object.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [noun] > coiling round something > a single turn of something wound round

wap1545

round1771

wrap1879

1879 Ogden in J. H. Keene Fishing Tackle (1886) 172 Secure it with one wrap and two hitches before taking the tweezers off, cut off silk [etc.].

b. technical. (See quots.)

1888 C. P. Brown Cotton Manuf. 28 A complete revolution of the latter [worm-wheel] means 3564 yards—technically called a wrap.

1888 C. P. Brown Cotton Manuf. 28 If a warp contains 4 wraps and 7 teeth, it is 14,445 yards long.

4. plural. In figurative phrases referring to concealment or disuse, as under or in wraps, concealed; in abeyance; to take or pull the wraps off, to disclose; to bring back into use.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [noun]

coverture1393

laina1400

coveringc1400

palliation?c1425

lainingc1440

lonea1450

hudder-mudder1461

hugger-mugger1529

concealment1565

celation1567

hugger1576

burial1596

smothering1602

suppression1651

disguisal1652

hugger-mug1654

latitancy1701

cover-up1927

wraps1939

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adverb]

latently1568

underground1632

uninstructively1816

under or in wraps1939

society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)]

unwryc825

unhelec1000

to draw forthc1175

unhillc1200

to bring forth?c1225

unsteekc1250

let witc1275

uncovera1300

wraya1300

knowc1300

barea1325

shrivec1374

unwrapc1374

again-covera1382

nakena1382

outc1390

tellc1390

disclosea1393

cough1393

unhidea1400

unclosec1400

unhaspc1400

bewrayc1405

reveal1409

accusea1413

reveil1424

unlocka1425

unrekec1425

disclude?1440

uncurec1440

utter1444

detect1447

break1463

expose1483

divinec1500

revelate1514

to bring (also put) to light1526

decipher1529

rake1547

rip1549

unshadow1550

to lay to sight1563

uppen1565

unlace1567

unvisor?1571

resign1572

uncloak1574

disshroud1577

spill1577

reap1578

unrip1579

scour1585

unharboura1586

unmask1586

uncase1587

descrya1591

unclasp?1592

unrive1592

discover1594

unburden1594

untomb1594

unhusk1596

dismask1598

to open upc1600

untruss1600

divulge1602

unshale1606

unbrace1607

unveil1609

rave1610

disveil1611

unface1611

unsecret1612

unvizard1620

to open up1624

uncurtain1628

unscreen1628

unbare1630

disenvelop1632

unclothe1632

to lay forth1633

unshroud1633

unmuffle1637

midwife1638

dissecret1640

unseal1640

unmantle1643

to fetch out1644

undisguise1655

disvelop1658

decorticate1660

clash1667

exert1692

disinter1711

to up with1715

unbundlea1739

develop1741

disembosom1745

to open out1814

to let out1833

unsack1846

uncrown1849

to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861

unfrock1866

disbosom1868

to blow the lid off1928

flush1950

surface1955

to take or pull the wraps off1964

1939 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Dec. 3/6 The fact that the belligerents have kept their air power under wraps almost from the beginning reveals more than meets the eye.

1950 ‘S. Ransome’ Deadly Miss Ashley xv. 178 You grabbed his notebooks and tried..to keep them under wraps.

1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 49 Some members of the committee were insistent that the entire uranium project should be put in wraps for the duration.

1964 New Society 15 Feb. 21/2 The Government took the wraps off its plan for regenerating the Northeast.

1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 20 Jan. (1970) 226 Next Hubert [Humphrey] stepped forward—for once his exuberance was under wraps.

1973 Times 4 Oct. 4/3 Only now was the truth about battered wives being revealed ‘because the wraps have just been pulled off a taboo subject’.

1978 Dumfries Courier 20 Oct. 11/1 Show visitors will see numerous others which are still under wraps until nearer the Show.

1984 Times 14 May 7/2 This week will see the wraps coming off another popular project, where Britain wants to be seen leading the way.

5. Cinematography and Television. The end of a session of filming or recording.

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society > communication > broadcasting > television > production of television broadcast > [noun] > end of recording session

wrap1974

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > [noun] > end of filming session

wrap1974

1974 M. Ayrton Midas Consequence i. 63 Other cars are heard starting up out of shot and the lights on the pergola go off so I assume it's a wrap and the crew is listening to the director saying something consequential and busy about tomorrow's call.

1980 J. Krantz Princess Daisy xii. 191 ‘Right, it's a wrap.’.. The large lights, cameras, sound equipment and other tools of the trade were quickly stowed away.

1983 Listener 23 June 18/2 The director says: ‘Cut! Thank you, Ben, that's a wrap—there is no more filming.’

Compounds

Draft additions June 2006

Originally U.S. = body wrap n. at body n. Compounds 2. Frequently with modifying word indicating the type of treatment used.Recorded earliest in herbal wrap n. at herbal adj. Additions.

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1963 Los Angeles Times 8 Sept. e4/2 ‘I can't go for the hike, Doc. Banged my toe in water polo,’ begged off a city father heading for the herbal wrap pavilion.

1972 Nevada State Jrnl. 13 Aug. 6 a (advt.) We feel that the inch loss a person receives from our wrap is more permanent than dieting or exercise.

1985 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 15 Sept. Guests can..enjoy body treatments that range from various kinds of massage to a seaweed wrap.

2000 Times 6 Oct. (Ski 2001 Suppl.) 15/4 At the Grand-Hotel Hof Ragaz's spa guests can receive a seaweed-and-sand body rub to aid circulation followed by a toxin-loosing algae wrap and a hydromassage.

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Originally U.S. An item of food consisting of an edible outer layer wrapped around a filling; esp. a tortilla or other flatbread wrapped around a sandwich-style filling.

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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pancake, tortilla, or oatcake > [noun] > tortilla

tortilla1699

gordita1843

enchilada1887

taquito1924

burrito1934

pupusa1948

taco1949

chimichanga1968

wrap1969

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > flat cake of bread

cakec1225

tharf-cake1362

cake-breadc1400

bannock1483

bere bannockc1550

torte1555

fadge1609

breadcake1635

riddle cake1673

jonikin1676

tortilla1699

cookie1701

johnnycake1739

journey cake1754

galette1775

pone1796

riddle bread1797

ash-cake1809

chapatti1810

papad1813

poppadom1820

puri1831

roti1838

Rhode Island johnnycake1866

wrap1969

chapo1993

1969 Frederick (Maryland) Post 29 Jan. b1/7 Fun-to-eat Halibut Bacon Wraps bring a warm fresh-broiled goodness with them. Prepare halibut ahead.., wrap with bacon and broil.

1989 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 12 Oct. h1 The Juicy Wrap, a whole-wheat lavash (tortilla-type) sandwich..is popular at I Love Juicy in West Hollywood.

1994 P. Permenter & J. Bigley Texas Barbecue 47 We ordered a sausage wrap, with a generous length of sausage wrapped in a flour tortilla.

2001 N.Y. Times 13 June f3/5 Asians eat lettuce wraps year round. But these crisply packaged finger foods seem especially appropriate in summer. Wraps are also fun to make.

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British slang. A packet containing a small amount of an illegal drug in powder form.

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1985 Times 13 Aug. 4/2 Mr David Elton, Liberal MP for Liverpool Edge Hill, says that the city is ‘awash’ in heroin and that ‘wraps’ can be bought for as little as £5.

1995 DJ 6 July 41/2 An officer shows me the tools of tonight's trade..plus the drugs bag which is already half full with 70 ecstasy tablets, bags of weed and wraps of speed found abandoned on the ground.

2004 A. Hollinghurst Line of Beauty viii. 202 On other nights of the week he might be in and out of the lavatories of smart restaurants with his wrap of coke.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

wrapv.

Brit.

/rap/, U.S.

/ræp/

Forms: Also Middle English–1600s wrappe (1500s archaic wrappen), 1500s warppe, 1500s–1600s past participle ywrapt, 1500s, 1800s dialect warp, 1600s–1700s rap, 1800s dialect wrop.

Etymology: Of obscure origin. Compare earlier bewrap v. (also belap v., lap v.² with the variant wlappe v., and wap v.²), and North Frisian wrappe to press into, stop up, Danish dialect vrappe to stuff. The dialect variant wrop had formerly greater currency. ‘This word is often pronounced rop, rhyming with top, even by speakers much above the vulgar’ (Walker, 1791). ‘The same pronunciation is not uncommon in some parts of the United States’ (Worcester, 1858).

I. To cover or envelop, and related uses.

a. To cover, enwrap, or swathe (a person or part of the body) by enfolding in a cloth or the like; in later use esp., to envelop or enshroud with a garment; to attire, garb, clothe in an enfolding garment. Occasionally reflexive. Also with adverbs, as about, around, round.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > wrap or envelop

biwevec1000

wrap13..

mufflea1450

bemuffle1611

wrap1647

mither1847

snuggle1867

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > specifically a (part of) a person

wrap13..

muzzlec1450

13.. Coer de L. 3094 Hys chaumberlayn hym wrappyd warm. He lay and slepte.

c1320 tr. J. Bonaventura Medit. 975 Sone, y was wunt þe swetly to wrappe, Now swaþe y þe dede.

c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. xx. 64 When thou bytoke hym me to clothe and wrappe.

c1400 Mandeville ix. (E.E.T.S.) 39 In þat same cloth so ywrapped the aungeles beren hire body to the mount Synay.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 245 The vyrgyn wrappynge and gatherynge togyther the handes and fete of her lytel sonne..in a bande.

1560 Bible (Geneva) Gen. xxxviii. 14 She..couered hir with a vaile, and wrapped her selfe.

1560 Bible (Geneva) Isaiah xxviii. 20 For the bed is streict.., and the couering narowe that one can not wrap him self.

1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn i, in Poems 2 The Heav'n-born-childe, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 477 Some term Beasts thus wrapped about the Body [ante ‘with a Towel’] charged with a pale.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iii. 495 Helen..in her lucid veil close wrapt around, Silent retired.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel vi. xxvii. 188 A shape with amice wrapped around.

1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities i. ii. 3 All three were wrapped to the cheek-bones and over the ears.

1909 J. L. Allen Bride of Mistletoe vi. 159 Coarsely wrapped and carrying some bundle.., [she] opened her front door.

b. Const. in (†on) or with. Also reflexive.

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a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2609 Þei..wist wel þat þei went wrapped in þe skinnes.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 745 He gript his mantel, as a weiȝh woful he wrapped him þer-inne.

c1375 Pol., Rel., & L. Poems (1903) 255/10 Iesu, swete, beo noth wroþ Þou ich nabbe clout ne cloþ..Þe on to folde ne to wrappe.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxxvii. 1 King Ezechie..kutte his clothis, and wrappid is with a sac.

c1410 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (1908) vi. 47 Sche..wrapped hym in the keuerchiefes of hir heued.

1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes i. 6169 Pouert eek liggith the colde wyntris nyht Wrappid in strauh, withoute compleynynge.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxvii. f. xlij Ioseph toke the body, and wrapped it in a clene lynnyne clooth.

1547 tr. A. de Marcourt Bk. Marchauntes (new ed.) c v b Thus coyffed and wrapped with their read hattes of this..capper, they go from town to town.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. i. sig. N6^v Weake wretch I wrapt my selfe in Palmers weed.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 171 Married women..wrap their heads and mouthes with a narrow long piece of linnen.

a1680 S. Butler Corrupt Judge in Char. (1908) 68 He wraps himself warm in Furs.

1754 J. Shebbeare Marriage Act I. xxxvi. 233 With his Legs wrapt close in a Pair of good Hay-boots.

1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 675 Some noble lord Shall..wrap himself in Hamlet's inky cloak.

1825 W. Scott Talisman ix, in Tales Crusaders IV. 196 Sir Kenneth..then wrapped him in the haik, or Arab cloak.

1831 W. Scott Count Robert iv, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 83 Let me wrap my head round with my mantle..to dispel this dizziness.

a1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) III. 247 We had to wrap our invalid in quite a heap of rugs and shawls.

figurative and in extended use.a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxxviii. 9 Whan I shuld setten the cloude his clothing, and with dercnesse it..I wrappide aboute.c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) Prol. 1 He wrappeth him in his frend, þat condescendith to the rihtful preiers of his frend.c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1036 So lewdly in my termes I me wrappe.1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle ii. sig. B^v I am so wrapt, and throwly lapt of ioly good ale.1575 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians f. 136 As he [sc. Christ] is wrapped in our flesh and in our bloud.c1640 E. Waller Apol. Sleep 28 Where Phoebus never shrouds His golden beams, nor wraps his face in clouds.1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 359 Faith wraps it self in the righteousness of Christ.1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 462 Sad Nilus..spreads his Mantle o're the winding Coast: In which he wraps his Queen.1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xli. 313 I was resolved, if I were applied to, to wrap myself close about in a general denial.1759 W. Mason Caractacus 71 Silent, as night, that wrapt us in her veil, We pac'd up yonder hill.1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam v. 5 In words, like weeds, I'll wrap me o'er. 1866 Reader 2 June 533 Francis II, wrapping the imperial phantom on its fall as decently as he could.1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. viii. 176 She had to wrap her shivering spirit in a blind reliance..on him.

c. Frequently with up; esp. in later use passive, = attired in warmer or protective clothing. Also, reflexive.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (reflexive)] > in specific way

revesta1325

get?1530

to get ready1530

slovena1591

veil1614

wrap1647

fit1667

fetish1735

toff1914

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > wrap or envelop

biwevec1000

wrap13..

mufflea1450

bemuffle1611

wrap1647

mither1847

snuggle1867

1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 222 If you continue to wrap up our young acquaintance..in such warm choice swadlings, it will quickly grow up to maturity.

1652 E. Benlowes Theophila ii. xviii. 25 Now serves our Guiltiness, as winding Sheet, To wrap up Lepers; Cover meet.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 10 In the night time they are forc'd to wrap themselves up in certain linnen cloaths.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 196 I know a gentleman..[whose] servant wraps him up in a sheet dipped in cold water.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 148 The former thinks the cold so severe, that he wraps himself up in all the garments he can procure.

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House lvii. 546 Are you well wrapped up..?.. It's a desperate sharp night for a young lady to be out in.

1862 W. H. G. Kingston Three Midshipmen x Their blankets..quickly dried, and the poor fellows were then wrapped up in them again.

1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate v He had to be wrapped up against the cold and further fortified by a cup of black coffee.

d. absol. for reflexive.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way > in specific clothing

to cover (one's head)c1340

boot1600

to be covered1611

to put on1611

robea1626

cloak1774

wrap1847

tuck1888

gown1896

flannel1919

to suit up1927

to dress down1941

1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xl. 407 She never wrapped up enough. If a man don't wrap up..he has nothing to fall back upon.

1872 March. Dufferin Canad. Jrnl. (1891) 52 The governess..won't wrap up..: nothing but a frost-bite will make her careful.

1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate ii I advise you to take that delightful shawl of yours to wrap up in on your return.

a. To cover or envelop (an object) by winding or folding something round or about it; to surround with or enwrap in a covering, wrapper, or the like, esp. so as to protect from injury, damage, loss, etc. Also transferred. (Cf. lap v.² 3.)

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > by winding or folding something round

enlacec1374

wrap1382

circumvolute1599

coila1625

furl1712

to roll on1753

clasp1798

bespin1862

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Sam. xxi. 9 The swerd..is wrappid with a pal after the preestis coope.

c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 628 Canacee..softely in plastres gan hire [sc. an injured falcon] wrappe.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) x. iv Briȝte bemes of stronge fuyre schyneþ but þei beþ wrapped.

?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 120^v Hercules..brak the bondes in whiche he was wrapped and swaded in.

1484 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 149 iij Angelettes wrappyd yn paper.

1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. A.iii^v Yf ye wyll wrappe youre soueraynes brede stately.

?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe sig. K.i Dyp wool in the decoction.., and let thy syde be wrapped often therewyth.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Iiv ^v Pills ywrapt in sugar.

1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 110/2 The cod, or coate wherewith any kind of pulse is wrapped or couered.

1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus i. iii. 352 He..furnishes the Chaundlers with wast papers to wrap candles in.

1647 J. Taylor Kings Wellcome Hampton Court 3 Thou hast not wrap'd thy Talent in a Clout.

1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler vii. 57 A great Hackle, the body black, and wrapped with a red feather.

1762 W. Cowper To Miss Macartney 33 Some Alpine mountain, wrapt in snow, Thus braves the whirling blast.

1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. l. 33 Subtle poniards, wrapt beneath the cloke.

c1890 Bp. Selwyn in F. D. How Life (1899) 260 We can't be kept in bandboxes and wrapped in cotton wool all our lives.

1893 J. A. Hodges Elem. Photogr. (1907) 49 Wrap the tube in a piece of clean white paper.

figurative.1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 122 For all his witte in his wede ys wrappid ffor sothe.1545 J. Bale Mysterye Inyquyte P. Pantolabus f. 67 For that shall they be wrapped in the cheanes of longe darkenesse.a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. C3 Because thys second sorte is wrapped within the folde of the proposed subiect.reflexive.1526 Bible (Tyndale) Gal. v. 1 Stond fast therfore.., and wrappe nott youre selves agayne in the yoke of bondage.

b. Frequently with adverbs, as about, down, round, together, and esp. up.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)]

bewindOE

writheOE

windc1175

bewrap?c1225

lapa1300

umbelaya1300

umbeweave1338

wlappec1380

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forwrapc1386

hapc1390

umbeclapa1400

umbethonrea1400

umblaya1400

wapc1420

biwlappea1425

revolve?a1425

to roll up?a1425

roll?c1425

to roll ina1475

wimple1513

to wind up?1533

invest1548

circumvolve1607

awrap1609

weave1620

sheet1621

obvolve1623

embowdle1625

amict1657

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woold1775

overwrap1815

wrapper1885

wrapper1905

weve-

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xiv. 19 Thou forsothe art cast aferr fro thi sepulcre..; and aboute wrappid with hem that ben slayn with swerd.

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) iii. i. ii. 11 When the Bore is..cut out, ech peece is wrapped vp..with bulrushes, ozier peeles, packethreed, or such like.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 27 The olde man..sends them weapons wrapt about with lines, That wound..to the quicke.

1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler viii. 78 A white Hackle, the body of white Mo-hair, and wrapped about with a white Hackle Feather.

a1706 J. Evelyn Sculptura (1906) ii. ii. 13 When he has quite don with his plates..see that he..cleanse them very perfectly, wrapping them up in papers.

1735 J. Swift Advice to Grub-St. Poets in Wks. II. 368 Your still-born Poems shall revive, And scorn to wrap up Spice.

1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 2) App. p. lviii When you use them, wrap them up in tow.

1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xxiii. 566 Waxed paper is very useful..for wrapping up deliquescent or changeable substances.

1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xxix. 411 Every limb was wrapped round with these stripes by itself.

elliptical.1879 Ogden in J. H. Keene Fishing Tackle (1886) 170 Take a length of gut,..test it,..lay it underneath the hook, and wrap down with the waxed silk close and even.

†c. Prov. (See quot. 1677, and cf. lap v.² 3d) Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Mmm3/3 Wrapped up in his mothers smock, aimé des femmes.

a. To envelop or enclose in a surrounding medium, as flames, water, etc. Frequently in passive. (Cf. 6d.) Also reflexive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium

belapc1175

take?a1300

wrapa1382

environa1393

enumberc1400

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enfoldc1425

bewrapa1430

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becloaka1618

swathe1624

gird1645

wrap1656

velope1722

steep1798

bathe1816

cloak1818

impall1852

atmosphere1881

kirtle1888

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium > of conditions or influences

wrapa1382

involve1382

bathea1529

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Judith xiv. 4 The dukis of hem..finden hym heded, in his blod wrappid.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xiv. 27 The Egipciens fleynge,..the Lord wrapte hem with ynne in the myddel floodes.

c1510 Gesta Romanorum (de Worde) A v In his blode the bone was wrapped.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xi. sig. Oo Sad shadowes gan the world to hyde From mortall vew, and wrap in darkenes dreare.

c1659 in Roxburghe Ballads (1888) VI. 326 A Man..Whose Father is wrapped in mould.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 158 Of these the vigilance I dread, and to elude, thus wrapt in mist Of midnight vapor glide obscure.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 54 Fulfil thy stern Desire, Burst all her Gates, and wrap her Walls in Fire!

1768 T. Gray Descent of Odin in Poems 95 Till wrap'd in flames, in ruin hurl'd, Sinks the fabric of the world.

1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 124 Oh Winter,..Thy forehead wrapt in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. i. 11 The baron who wrapped the castle of his competitor in flames.

1908 G. Cormack Egypt in Asia ii. 18 The loftier summits are wrapped in clouds.

figurative and in figurative contexts.a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxxvii. 19 Wee forsothe ben wrappid in dercnessis.1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. bb.ii^v The fylthy voluptye of the body, wherin the synner waltereth and wrappeth hymselfe lyke as a sowe waloweth..in the puddell.1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 107 + 16 Why doe we wrap the gentleman in our more rawer breath?1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 176 Wrapping sin in clouds won't alter its character, my girl.elliptical.1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Judges v. 27 And he was wrappid bifore the feet of hir.

†b. To involve, environ, or entangle (a person, etc.) in something that impedes movement or restricts liberty; to catch in this way. Chiefly in passive. Also with in. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > by entangling or binding

shrenchc897

beswapec980

taglea1340

tanglea1340

gyve1377

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mesh1532

crawl1548

felter1567

to tie up1570

in trick1572

ensnarl1593

entrammel1598

engage1603

casta1605

imbrier1605

weave1620

immaze1631

trammel1727

enchain1751

entangle1790

enmesh1822

in mesh1875

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > by catching or gripping

catchc1225

wrapc1412

heel1887

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1686 Be war of þencombraunce Of þe feend, which..him castiþ þe wrappe in & wrye.

1560 A. L. tr. J. Calvin Foure Serm. Song Ezechias (1574) D vij When we shall mourne so that we should be so wrapped in and tangled.

1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 7 How surely are the wareles wrapt by those that lye in wayte?

1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 268 The Hart..being entred into a thick wood, his horns were wrapped faste in the boughes.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. v. sig. K.vii^v/1 Absalom..being wrapped by the haire to a tree.

figurative.1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. B3 These moathes of the Common-wealth, apply their wits to wrap in wealthy farmers with straunge and vncoth conceits.1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. E4 O how are they wrapt in with infamies, That from their own misdeeds askaunce their eyes?

c. To clasp, embrace. Also in figurative context. (Cf. lap v.² 3c.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [verb (transitive)]

clipc950

freeOE

beclipc1000

windc1175

fang?c1200

yokec1275

umgripea1300

to take in (also into, on) one's armsc1300

umbefold14..

collc1320

lapc1350

bracec1375

embracec1386

clapa1400

folda1400

halsea1400

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accollc1400

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cwtch1965

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 58 What dost thou wrap and fumble in thy armes?

1639 Deloney's Gentile Craft: 2nd Pt. (rev. ed.) ii. vi. sig. Giij^v To perswade our great Grandmother the earth to wrap his cold body in her warme bosome.

1716 J. Gay Trivia i. 13 Others you'll see..Wrapt in th'Embraces of a Kersey Coat.

1797 S. T. Coleridge Melancholy 3 Her folded arms wrapping her tatter'd pall.

a. To envelop, entangle, or implicate (a person, etc.) in (†into), to surround, encompass, or beset with, some (esp. prejudicial) condition of things, as sin, trouble, sorrow, etc. (Cf. enwrap v. 2c.) Also occasionally with up.Frequently in passive, not always distinguishable from 6.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict

overharryeOE

aileOE

swencheOE

besetOE

traya1000

teenOE

to work (also do) (a person) woeOE

derve?c1225

grieve1297

harrya1300

noyc1300

travailc1300

to work (also do) annoyc1300

wrath14..

aggrievea1325

annoya1325

tribula1325

to hold wakenc1330

anguish1340

distrainc1374

wrap1380

strain1382

ermec1386

afflicta1393

cumbera1400

assayc1400

distressc1400

temptc1400

encumber1413

labour1437

infortune?a1439

stressa1450

trouble1489

arraya1500

constraina1500

attempt1525

misease1530

exercise1531

to hold or keep waking1533

try1539

to wring to the worse1542

pinch1548

affligec1550

trounce1551

oppress1555

inflict1566

overharl1570

strait1579

to make a martyr of1599

straiten1611

tribulatea1637

to put through the hoop(s)1919

snooter1923

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)]

tawc893

ermec897

swencheOE

besetOE

bestandc1000

teenOE

baitc1175

grieve?c1225

war?c1225

noyc1300

pursuec1300

travailc1300

to work (also do) annoyc1300

tribula1325

worka1325

to hold wakenc1330

chase1340

twistc1374

wrap1380

cumbera1400

harrya1400

vexc1410

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inquiet1413

molest?a1425

course1466

persecutec1475

trouble1489

sturt1513

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hag1525

hale1530

exercise1531

to grate on or upon1532

to hold or keep waking1533

infest1533

scourge1540

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pinch1548

trounce1551

to shake upa1556

tire1558

moila1560

pester1566

importune1578

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hurry1611

gall1614

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tribulatea1637

harass1656

dun1659

overharry1665

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haul1678

to plague the life out of1746

badger1782

hatchel1800

worry1811

bedevil1823

devil1823

victimize1830

frab1848

mither1848

to pester the life out of1848

haik1855

beplague1870

chevy1872

obsede1876

to get on ——1880

to load up with1880

tail-twist1898

hassle1901

heckle1920

snooter1923

hassle1945

to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck1946

to bust (a person's) chops1953

noodge1960

monster1967

the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > bring (a person or thing) into a state or condition > totally or deeply

wrap1380

embrake1542

enfold1579

immerge1611

1380 Lay Folks Catech. (Lamb. MS.) 81 We be..wrappid with many myscheuys.

a1400 Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 234 Mannes soule was wrapped in wo.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 23324 I wrapped alle in gome & gle.

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 959 My goost is wrapped in an heuy drede.

c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. v. 68 A synner þou art & encombred and wrapped in many passions.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. vii. 16 Suche as than bare moost rule in the towne, were so wrapped with treason, y^t[etc.].

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xi. 32 God hath wrapped all nacions in vnbeleve.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxxvij^v The deuill is disposed to wrap vs in sondry calamities at one time.

1573 G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres sig. Ddiii^v A wretch ywrapt in wroth.

1624 G. Carleton Thankfull Remembrance ix. 95 They..stirred vp new troubles..by wrapping them in new garboiles against the King.

c1659 in Roxburghe Ballads (1886) VI. 326 It is a Man wrapped in woe.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 40 I see him brood, Wrapt in his mental solitude.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in Idylls of King 232 So the stately Queen abode.., Wrapt in her grief.

1899 G. Wyndham in Westm. Gaz. 15 Dec. 5/3 We were living from day to day wrapped in anxiety.

reflexive.c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋586 Alle this manere of folk..wrappen hem in hir synnes.c1430 in Pol., Rel., & L. Poems (1903) 217 Þou wrappist þee wiþ vanytees.1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xlix He brought him selfe into a streyghter custody..and wrapped him selfe into tortures and punyshmentes.1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Induco To wrappe or intangle him selfe in captious questions.1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe i. 13 Though in one Fate I wrap my self and you.in extended use.?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads iii. 418 Unhappy Deity! Why lov'st thou still in these deceits to wrap my fantasy?

b. To involve, enfold, or enwrap (a person, etc.) in some soothing or tranquillizing state or influence. Frequently in passive, = sunk in slumber, rest, etc. Also with up.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > compose or make calm [verb (transitive)] > enfold in something soothing

wrap1399

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (transitive)] > put to or cause to sleep > induce or lull to sleep

lullc1386

wrap1399

sopite1542

to fall, lull, lay (bring obs.) asleep1594

soporate1623

belull1631

consopite1647

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium > of conditions or influences > specific soothing or seductive

lapa1375

wrap1399

1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 291 Ho so þus leued his lyff to the ende, Euere wrappid in welle,.. Myȝte seie [etc.].

1414 T. Brampton Paraphr. Seven Penit. Psalms (1842) 10 Whan I am wrappyd in wele.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A8^v Carelesse Quiet lyes, Wrapt in eternall silence farre from enimyes.

1610 Mucedorus (new ed.) sig. D3^v Musicke speake loudly now the season's apt, For former dolours are in pleasure wrapt.

1717 A. Pope Eloisa to Abelard in Wks. 432 Enter each mild, each amicable guest; Receive, and wrap me in eternal rest!

1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 185 He..hears, At distance safe, the human tempest roar, Wrapt close in conscious peace.

1798 S. T. Coleridge Fears in Solitude 2 His senses gradually wrapp'd In a half-sleep, he dreams of better worlds.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge ix. 287 The house is wrapped in slumbers.

1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path xxx. 371 Wrapped in ineffable repose, lay her child.

1872 Punch 2 Mar. 95/2 They were soon wrapped in sound and healthy slumbers.

figurative.1791 S. T. Coleridge Happiness 79 Where far from splendour, far from riot, In silence wrapt sleeps careless Quiet.

a. To involve or enfold (a subject or matter) so as to obscure or disguise the true or full nature of it; to conceal or hide by enveloping in a mass of different character. Cf. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep from knowledge [verb (transitive)]

heeleOE

dernc893

mitheeOE

wryOE

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hidec1200

dilla1300

laina1375

keepa1382

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cover1382

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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxxviii. 2 Who is this, wrappende in sentencis with woordis vnwise?

c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 507 Al were he ful of treson and falsnesse It was so wrapped vnder humble cheere And vnder hewe of trouthe.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1426 A word þat is wrappid, and in wrath holdyn.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Implicata res controversiis, a mattier wrapped and incombred with many controuersies.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. iv. sig. Kk8 He dispatched privat letters to al those principall Lords..: wrapping their hopes with such cunning, as they rather [etc.].

1640 T. Carew Poems 28 Wise Poets that wrap't Truth in tales.

1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. A7 Nor Ladies loves, nor Knights brave Martiall deeds, Ywrapt in rolls of hid Antiquity.

1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) ii. 16 Some dire Disaster.., But what, or where, the Fates have wrapt in Night.

1759 W. Mason Caractacus 41 Heard'st thou the awful invocation, Youth, Wrapt in those holy harpings?

a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) I. v. 85 The religion of the Egyptians..was all mystery, wrapt in obscurity.

1825 W. Scott Talisman v, in Tales Crusaders IV. 77 I have no objection that leeches should wrap their words in mist.

1850 E. B. Browning tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 184 Zeus commands Thy declaration..Do not wrap thy speech..but speak clearly!

1865 R. W. Dale Jewish Temple iii. 35 The image wrapped in the word..is a very impressive and instructive one.

1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1875) III. xii. 253 I found the question wrapped in darkness.

b. Frequently with up. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep from knowledge [verb (transitive)]

heeleOE

dernc893

mitheeOE

wryOE

buryc1175

hidec1200

dilla1300

laina1375

keepa1382

wrapa1382

cover1382

conceala1393

curea1400

shroud1412

veilc1460

smorec1480

cele1484

suppress1533

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smoulder1571

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hugger-mugger1803

mask1841

ward1881

thimblerig1899

marzipan1974

1560 Bible (Geneva) Micah vii. 3 Therefore the great man he speaketh out the corruption of his soule: so they wrap it vp.

1601 S. Daniel Epist. to Sir T. Egerton vi If it be wisedome..Which so imbroyles the state of truth with brawles, And wrappes it vp in strange confusednesse.

1619 Visct. Doncaster Let. in S. R. Gardiner Lett. Relations Eng. & Germany (1865) 1st Ser. 119 Sum more bitternes then her Highnes had wrapped up in sweet termes.

1669 E. Stillingfleet Serm. 125 Here is no wrapping up Religion in strange figures and mysterious non-sense, which the Ægyptians were so much given to.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 271. ¶4 If it had been proper for them [sc. Ladies] to hear,..the Author would not have wrapt it up in Greek.

1779 Mirror No. 22 It was some error in education which had wrapt up Cleone's character in so much obscurity.

1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Jan. 231 Their best..plan for seizing on the savings of other men's industry in the funds, is only spoliation wrapped up.

1897 ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime 14 Without troubling to wrap up his resolve in smooth-sounding words.

a. Of qualities, etc.: to invest, environ, or beset (a person, etc.); to encompass in some condition. Also with up. (Cf. 4.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium > of conditions or influences

wrapa1382

involve1382

bathea1529

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xviii. 11 Al aboute feris shul gasten hym, and withinne wrappen his feet.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. vii. f. xviii^v Albeit matrimonie be a holy thyng, yet it wrappeth a man..in worldlye care.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclviij The self same cause..wyl shortly after wrap vp them also in great distresse.

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 602 Ay me..whom euill hap Vnworthy in such wretchednes doth wrap.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xvii. 53 Some deere cause, Will in concealement wrap me vp awhile.

1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Man become Guilty 388 Humane Justice..wraps up the innocent and the guilty in the same punishment.

1665 R. Howard & J. Dryden Indian-queen ii, in R. Howard Four New Plays 148 Guilty rage, Which..wrapt all things in one cruel fate.

1734 I. Watts Reliquiæ Juveniles 122 Thy power, thy fulness of blessing, wrap my soul up in astonishment and devout silence.

1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. i. 23 O'er the land and deep, Peace stole her wing, and wrapt the world in sleep.

1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 146 They disentangle from the puzzled skein, In which obscurity has wrapp'd them up, The threads of..shrewd design.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna vi. xxx. 143 Oblivion wrapt Our spirits.

in extended use.1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. I.iiii^v Some pleasant hower thy wo may wrappe: & thee defend, & couer.

b. Of mould, etc.: to contain, cover (the dead).

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > bury or entomb [verb (transitive)] > said of the earth or tomb

tomba1586

wrap1602

sepulchre1608

inhume1621

intera1631

hearse1796

1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. v. sig. I^v By the fresh turnd vp mould that wraps my sonne.

1747 W. Collins Odes 34 Every Sod, which wraps the Dead.

1792 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 660 Cauld's the clay, That wraps my Highland Mary!

a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 730 The sod that wraps my friend.

c. To form a wrap or covering for (a person or thing); to cover, clothe. Also with round.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > coil round (something)

enlacec1374

whipc1500

wreathe1509

enwrap1578

circumvolute1599

twine1602

ingyre1610

wrap?1611

wire1645

serpenta1660

whirl1676

convolute1698

intertwine1717

entwine1796

overtwinea1817

enwind1849

warplea1870

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > serve as a wrapping for

fold1593

wrap?1611

envelopa1616

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads x. 122 About him a mandilion,..A garment that 'gainst cold in nights, did soldiers use to wrap.

1734 A. Pope Epist. to Visct. Cobham 12 Let a charming Chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face.

1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel ii. xix. 48 A palmer's amice wrapped him round.

1871 Amer. Encycl. Printing 504/1 Wrappers..resemble labels, but differ from them in having larger margins, so that they can inclose or wrap up a bottle of patent medicine, a bar of soap, etc.

figurative.1842 Ld. Tennyson Vision of Sin in Poems (new ed.) II. 217 Wine is good for shrivell'd lips, When a blanket wraps the day.

d. Of flames, etc.: to spread or extend around, about, or over (something); to surround, encompass. (Cf. sense 3.) Also with adverbs, as round, up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium

belapc1175

take?a1300

wrapa1382

environa1393

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steep1798

bathe1816

cloak1818

impall1852

atmosphere1881

kirtle1888

1656 A. Cowley Davideis ii. 57 in Poems [A] sudden cloud..all his fame benights, and all his store, Wrapping him round, and now he's seen no more.

1699 S. Garth Dispensary ii. 13 Night had wrap'd in Shades the Mountains Heads.

1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 78 Flames sudden wrap the Walls.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 357 Our own muddy atmosphere, that wraps us round in obscurity.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 129 Not faster..speeds the midnight blaze,..Wrapping thy cliffs in purple glow.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xviii. 133 A thick fog..wrapped the mountain quite closely.

1899 S. R. Crockett Kit Kennedy 337 The snow had wrapped all the city in a white clinging mystery.

figurative.1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. ii. 36 How beautiful was the tranquility that wrapped the scene!1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iv. 45 The speaking quietude That wraps this moveless scene.

e. To veil or conceal from a person, etc.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)]

heeleOE

forhelec888

i-hedec888

dernc893

hidec897

wryOE

behelec1000

behidec1000

bewryc1000

forhidec1000

overheleOE

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cover1340

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hulsterc1400

overclosec1400

concealc1425

shroud1426

blend1430

close1430

shadow1436

obumber?1440

mufflea1450

alaynec1450

mew?c1450

purloin1461

to keep close?1471

oversilec1478

bewrap1481

supprime1490

occulta1500

silec1500

smoor1513

shadec1530

skleir1532

oppressa1538

hudder-mudder1544

pretex1548

lap?c1550

absconce1570

to steek away1575

couch1577

recondite1578

huddle1581

mew1581

enshrine1582

enshroud1582

mask1582

veil1582

abscondc1586

smotherc1592

blot1593

sheathe1594

immask1595

secret1595

bemist1598

palliate1598

hoodwinka1600

overmaska1600

hugger1600

obscure1600

upwrap1600

undisclose1601

disguise1605

screen1611

underfold1612

huke1613

eclipsea1616

encavea1616

ensconcea1616

obscurify1622

cloud1623

inmewa1625

beclouda1631

pretext1634

covert1647

sconce1652

tapisa1660

shun1661

sneak1701

overlay1719

secrete1741

blank1764

submerge1796

slur1813

wrap1817

buttress1820

stifle1820

disidentify1845

to stick away1900

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna Ded. p. xxxii While clouds are passing by Which wrap them [sc. stars] from the foundering seaman's sight.

1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason ii. 18 A cloud..That wrapt the Goddess from him.

7. to wrap up (figurative).

a. transitive. To put an end to, bring to completion; also, to defeat; to wrap it up, to stop doing something. slang.

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the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > bring to an end or conclusion

finec1300

finisha1375

concludec1430

determine1483

to wind off1650

parclose1667

to wind up1780

eventuate1816

to round out1856

mop1859

to wrap up1922

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > defeat completely or do for

overthrowc1375

checkmatea1400

to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430

distrussc1430

crusha1599

panga1600

to fetch off1600

finish1611

settle?1611

feague1668

rout1676

spiflicate1749

bowl1793

to settle a person's hash1795

dish1798

smash1813

to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835

thunder-smite1875

scuppera1918

to put the bee on1918

stonker1919

to wrap up1922

root1944

banjax1956

marmalize1966

the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)]

aswikec975

linOE

beleavec1175

forletc1175

i-swikec1175

restc1175

stutte?c1225

lina1300

blinc1314

to give overc1325

to do wayc1350

stintc1366

finisha1375

leavea1375

yleavec1380

to leave offa1382

refuse1389

ceasec1410

resigna1413

respite?a1439

relinquish1454

surcease1464

discontinue1474

unfill1486

supersede1499

desist1509

to have ado?1515

stop1525

to lay aside1530

stay1538

quata1614

to lay away1628

sist1635

quita1642

to throw up1645

to lay by1709

to come off1715

unbuckle1736

peter1753

to knock off1767

stash1794

estop1796

stow1806

cheese1811

to chuck itc1879

douse1887

nark1889

to stop off1891

stay1894

sling1902

can1906

to lay off1908

to pack in1934

to pack up1934

to turn in1938

to break down1941

to tie a can to (or on)1942

to jack in1948

to wrap it up1949

1922 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (Oxford text) xxxviii. 90 The British were wrapping up the Arabs on all sides—at Aden, at Gaza, at Bagdad.

1937 Amer. Legion Monthly May 9/1 Only one shot to finish before midnight and we'd wrap it up in thirteen days.

1949 A. Miller Death of Salesman ii. 128 To hell with whose fault it is... Let's just wrap it up, heh?

1957 J. Osborne Look Back in Anger i. 25 Wrap it up, will you? Stop ringing those bells!

1957 P. Frank Seven Days to Never ii. vii. 80 I guess that wraps it up for tonight... I don't know of anything else we can do.

1960 G. Sanders Mem. Professional Cad ii. iii. 127 ‘Wrap it up,’ he would shout.

1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 2 July 1- c/1 Nastase wrapped up Ramirez, 6-2, 9-7, 6-3.

1984 Times 14 Mar. 2/1 (heading) Labour MPs advised to wrap up their muck raking.

b. intransitive. To stop talking. Frequently as imperative. slang.

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > lose the voice [verb (intransitive)] > not utter

to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175

to hold (also have, keep) one's peacea1275

peacec1395

muffa1500

to put a sock in ita1529

whista1547

to say not muff1652

to hold one's whisht1786

to shut (one's) pan1799

to shut up1840

to hold one's whistc1874

to shut (one's) head, face1876

to wrap up1943

1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 70 Wrap up, stop talking. Or, get ready to go home.

1945 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake (new ed.) 63 Wrap up!, Be quiet! Pipe down!

1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights i. 49 Why dont you rap up.

1959 ‘O. Mills’ Stairway to Murder iv. 44 ‘Geoff, wrap up about the jigsaws,’ Charles entreated him.

8. intransitive. Cinematography and Television. To finish filming or recording.

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society > communication > broadcasting > television > production of television broadcast > produce television broadcast [verb (intransitive)] > finish recording session

wrap1976

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > film [verb (intransitive)] > finish filming

wrap1976

1976 in B. Armstrong Gloss. TV Terms 94.

1983 London Mag. Aug.–Sept. 30 We wrapped on schedule, three days later... The movie got terrible reviews.

II. To wind or fold around, and related uses.

9. To wind or fold up or together, as a pliant or flexible object; to roll or gather up in successive layers; = lap v.² 2. Occasionally with up or together. Also transferred.

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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > fold up or roll up

wrapa1375

roll?a1425

wind?1523

to roll together1525

to roll up1530

fold1561

to wind up1590

furdel1594

to fold up1621

uproll1623

furla1657

telescope1844

concertina1891

accordion1897

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2421 As bliue þe bere schinnes from here bodi þei hent, & wiȝtly wrapped hem to-gadere.

14.. Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. (BL Add.) xviii. ix. f. 266^v/2 Alle kynde of serpentes and addres þat by kynde may wrappe and folde his owne body.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings ii. 8 Then toke Elias his cloke, and wrapped it together.

1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. ii. B v For saie thei, the begynner of thinges visible, wrapped vp bothe heauen and earth..togither in one paterne.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A5 The vgly monster.., Wrapping vp her wrethed sterne arownd, Lept fierce vpon his shield.

1600 in Lyly's Wks. (1902) I. 416 Can there be miste or darkenes where you are, whose beames wrappes up cloudes as whirlewindes dust?

1608 Great Frost sig. B3 The Westerne Barges might now wrap vp their smoakie Sayles, for..their voyage was spoyld.

1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 304 Thunder is..an exhalation..thickened and wraped into a cloud.

1662 R. Venables Experienc'd Angler v. 61 Bream loveth red worms, especially those that [lie]..wrapped up in a knot or round Clue.

figurative.c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) ii. met. vii. 60 Deeþ wrappeþ to gidre þe heye heuedes and þe lowe.a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Lament. i. 14 Wakide the ȝoc of my wickenesses in his hond, wrappid thei ben togidere, and leid on my necke.1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles i. 82 Wayte well my wordis, and wrappe hem togedir.a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 2 In these fewe lines, I haue wrapped vp, the most tedious part of Grammer.1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 337 For end, he wisheth malicious..persons a better spirit..and so wrappeth vp all with commendations.1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 132 Some haue in readinesse so many Tales and Stories, as there is Nothing, they would insinuate, but they can wrap it into a Tale.a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) I. 273 In all this, thou dost but wrap up a snow-ball upon a coal of fire.reflexive.1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Torqueo The scalie serpent wrappeth himselfe in rounde rundels.

10.

a. To fold, wind, or roll (a covering, garment, or the like) about a person, etc.; to arrange or dispose (a wrapping, etc.) so as to cover or envelop; = lap v.² 1. Usually with adverbs or prepositions, esp. about, around, round.Somewhat rare before c1790.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > wrap (a wrapping)

lapa1300

wrapc1400

scarf1604

c1400 Rom. Rose 7368 A large couerechief of threde She wrapped all aboute hir heede.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Intortus His garment wrapped rounde about his lefte arme.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. I2 His garment.., The which his naked sides he wrapt abouts.

1636 H. Blount Voy. Levant 19 The Levantines used to wrap white linnen about their heads.

1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote III. xi. iv. 198 Unto the old Incumbent at his gate.., His banyan, with silver clasp, wrapt round His shrinking paunch.

1796 S. T. Coleridge Away, those Cloudy Looks vi There shiv'ring sad,..Round his tir'd limbs to wrap the purple vest.

1813 W. Scott Rokeby i. 4 The warder..wraps his shaggy mantle round.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. vi. 45 Wrapping my plaid around me, I wandered up towards Charmoz.

1882 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 309/1 Dick..wrapped the heavy coat around her and held her in his arms.

figurative and in extended use.1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion iv. 145 Thou—who didst wrap the cloud Of Infancy around us. a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury xxxvi, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 307 The God wraps a purple atmosphere Around his shoulders.1865 S. Baring-Gould Bk. Were-wolves x. 160 Among many..people, the body is regarded as a mere garment wrapped around the soul.

b. To twist or coil (a pliable or flexible substance, etc.) round, about, or on something; to twine. Also reflexive.

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the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > coil round (something) > coil (something) round or upon itself

windc1325

wrap?1523

to roll up1530

wreathe1530

upwind1560

twist1582

twinec1585

circumvolute1599

bottom1612

rolla1616

overwhelm1634

?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xl Cutte the settes..the more halfe a sondre..and wrappe and wynde them togyder.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jonah ii. 5 The depe laye aboute me, and the wedes were wrapte aboute myne heade.

1560 Bible (Geneva) Job viii. 17 The rotes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 390 Woodbine hath many small branches, whereby it windeth and wrappeth itself about trees.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Turban About this [cap] is wrapp'd a long Piece of fine, thin Linnen or Cotton.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xxxix. 310 Again she wrapped her arms about me.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 119 The Screw of Archimedes..is formed by wrapping a tube round a cylinder.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxviii. 129 ‘What did you wrap this round the book for?’ said St. Clare, holding up the crape.

1854 R. Blakey Angling 60 A strong peg..on which..the line can be wrapped.

11.

a. intransitive (for reflexive) . To twine, encircle, or wreathe round or about something as or in the manner of a wrapper or cover; = lap v.² 1b. Also transferred.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (intransitive)]

circumvolve1607

wrap1608

wrapper1885

1608 Relation Trav. W. Bush D j b The Vyne so loueth the Elme by nature that it wrappeth more kindely about it.

1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xiii. 223 A Flat Leather Thong, which wrapping close and tight about the Rowler..commands it the easier.

1681 Heraclitus Ridens 27 Sept. 2/2 Well, and Conscience,..when you have once boil'd it tender in the Pipkin of Reformation, it will wrap about your Finger like a Glove.

1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 272/1 [With] the formation of the extreme end of the breakwater.. it would be next to impossible for a sea to warp or wrap around it.

1855 D. T. Ansted in Orr's Circle Sci.: Inorg. Nature 55 Gneiss is often found wrapping round the central granitic axis of mountain chains.

b. Of a garment: to extend over the figure, etc., so as to cover it, or form a lap. (Cf. lap v.² 8.)

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [verb (intransitive)] > cover or fasten in specific way

lace1792

wrap1798

1798 Lady's Monthly Museum Nov. 397 The gown, wrapping over one side,..drawn up a little with white cord.

1827 Lady's Mag. Nov. 621/1 Mantles..well wadded, capacious, and wrapping well over the form, are much in request.

12. to wrap (oneself) (a)round (an item of food or drink): to eat or drink it. Occasionally with non-reflexive direct object, to make (another) eat or drink. colloquial.

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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (transitive)]

brookc950

abiteOE

haveOE

afangOE

takec1175

notea1200

usec1300

spendc1380

consumec1400

partake1602

pree1680

discuss1751

tuck1784

to put down1795

to be (also go) at the ——1796

go1830

kill1833

to put away1839

down1852

to put over1880

to wrap (oneself) (a)round1880

shift1896

1880 J. C. Harris Uncle Remus: Songs & Sayings xv. 219 She cut me off er slishe..an' I sot down on de steps an' wrop myse'f roun' de whole blessid chunk.

1927 D. L. Sayers Unnatural Death xii. 136 Lord Peter, having wrapped himself affectionately round an abnormal quantity of bacon and eggs, strolled out.

1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) xviii. 305 I bet they had to wrap Alec round a few beers before they got him up to the mark.

1959 G. Endore Detour through Devon 3 Wrap yourself around a cup of coffee.

1962 ‘A. Lejeune’ Duel in Shadows ii. 25 I shall be glad to get indoors and wrap myself round a large drink.

13. To crash (a vehicle) into a stationary object. Const. around, round. slang.

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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [verb (transitive)] > crash a vehicle > in specific manner

sideswipe1891

wrap1950

rear-end1965

1950 J. D. MacDonald Brass Cupcake (1955) x. 105 I took a car off the street and wrapped it around an oak tree.

1958 ‘J. Brogan’ Cummings Rep. xvii. 183 Steady, or you'll have us both wrapped round a telegraph pole if you're not careful.

1969 L. G. Arthur in A. E. Wilkerson Rights of Children (1973) 132 If a child wraps a stolen car around a telephone pole, is $2,000.00 restitution..an excessive fine?

1984 Times 19 May 8/1 The men towing the boat from one training venue to another wrapped it round a traffic light.

Draft additions April 2010

transitive. Computing. In word processing, text editing, etc.: to shift (a word too long to fit at the end of a line) to the beginning of the next line; to format (text) in this way. Also intransitive, of text, a word, etc. Frequently with to. Cf. word wrap n.

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1981 H. Glatzer Introd. Word Processing vi. 67 Word processors wrap words automatically.

1990 N. Stern & R. A. Stern Computing iii. 57 When you type using a word processing package, text you are keying in a paragraph wraps around to [the] next line when it reaches the end of the current line.

1992 M. Mincberg WordPerfect for Windows made Easy iii. 56 WordPerfect automatically senses the end of each line and ‘wraps’ the next word down to the beginning of a new line.

2007 T. Padova Adobe Acrobat 8 PDF Bible 97 When you reflow text onscreen or when using other devices, the text in the PDF wraps according to the zoom level of the page.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	wrap
释义	wrapn. Brit. /rap/, U.S. /ræp/ Forms: Also Middle English wrappe. Etymology: < wrap v. Not usual before the 19th cent. 1. a. A wrapper or covering. Also figurative. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > a wrapping wrapping1387 fardela1425 wrapc1460 wrapperc1460 fold1497 out-band1621 wrappery1662 embalment1697 emballage1714 woolding1729 enwrapment1753 wrappage1827 lapping1858 c1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 212 Thow must square & proporcioun þy bred..and so shaltow make þy wrappe [v.r. wrapper] for þy master manerly. 1584 W. Barrett in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 216 In Goa they vse not to abate any tare of any goods, except of sacks or wraps. 1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma iii. 96 That want of power to penetrate through wraps and appearances to the essence of things. b. A cover, blanket, rug, or the like for laying over or drawing about the person when travelling, reposing, etc. (Cf. 2b.) ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [noun] > a covering > cloth or textile > for the person rug1591 wrappers1853 wrap1861 1861 Daily Chron. 12 Sept. We have heard..Livingstone, the African explorer, and many other travellers, say that at night no wrap could equal the beard. 1863 E. Dicey Six Months in Federal States I. 54 I had..two large carpet-bags, a bundle of heavy wraps, and an umbrella, to transport with me. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 15 A few wraps in case of a night bivouac. c. Material used for wrapping, esp. very thin plastic film. ΘΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > a wrapping > material of wrappagea1876 wrap1930 1930 Food Industries Jan. 13/1 [Cellophane] was first introduced into this country from France as a wrap for candy. 1930 Food Industries Jan. 13/1 The transparent type of wrap proved decidedly popular. 1958 Chain Store Age Apr. 168/3 The Aluminum Company of America is now packaging Alcoa wrap in a ‘flat pak’. 1976 ‘O. Jacks’ Assassination Day v. 81 He bundled the notes up into foil wrap, put two in..his refrigerator. 1977 Time 14 Mar. 39/3 The thin sail (ordinary plastic kitchen wrap is five times thicker) would be coated with an aluminum reflecting layer on the side that will face the sun. 1979 Sci. Amer. Jan. 131/1 You could also build up layers of stretched plastic food wrap. 1980 Outdoor Life (U.S.) Oct. (Northeast ed.) 126/2 Cover an exposed drain valve with plastic wrap to prevent road slush from accumulating. 2. a. A loose garment or article of feminine dress used or designed to envelop or fold about the person; a shawl, scarf, or the like. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > wrap whittlec900 labey1497 linsel1594 wrapping1635 wrapper1782 wrap1827 wrappage1833 lapping1858 wrappering1862 throw-over1891 1827 Lady's Mag. June 342/1 The Circassian wrap is much worn for half-dress;..it well sets off the fine bust of a well-made female. 1840 Ladies' Cabinet Mar. 201 This is not however the case with the cloaks or shawls adopted as wraps for evening parties. 1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. x. 161 Arthur..had the delight of putting Zadwidga's wrap around her shoulders. 1894 M. Dyan All in Man's Keeping (1899) 222 Her face..was close to his shoulder; a light wrap of lace framed it. b. An additional outer garment used or intended to be worn as a defence against wind or weather when driving, travelling, etc. Usually plural. (Cf. 1b.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > wrap > types of amicea1382 amytc1384 manto1679 manta1697 palla1706 wrapper1799 wrapa1817 Afghan1850 crossover1868 tea-wrap1909 a1817 J. Austen Watsons in Wks. (1954) VI. 355 Tom Musgrave in the wrap of a traveller. 1855 A. Manning Old Chelsea Bun-house xiv. 229 I was taking off my wraps, and making ready to go up stairs. 1875 J. H. Bennet Winter & Spring Mediterranean (ed. 5) x. 303 A bitter cold north-west wind..had been blowing, which obliged us to use all our wraps. 1898 J. B. Wollocombe From Morn till Eve i. 2 After unrolling and unbuttoning his outer wraps, the doctor..ascended the stairs. 3. a. spec. A single convolution, twist, or winding of a thread in fastening an object. ΘΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [noun] > coiling round something > a single turn of something wound round wap1545 round1771 wrap1879 1879 Ogden in J. H. Keene Fishing Tackle (1886) 172 Secure it with one wrap and two hitches before taking the tweezers off, cut off silk [etc.]. b. technical. (See quots.) Π 1888 C. P. Brown Cotton Manuf. 28 A complete revolution of the latter [worm-wheel] means 3564 yards—technically called a wrap. 1888 C. P. Brown Cotton Manuf. 28 If a warp contains 4 wraps and 7 teeth, it is 14,445 yards long. 4. plural. In figurative phrases referring to concealment or disuse, as under or in wraps, concealed; in abeyance; to take or pull the wraps off, to disclose; to bring back into use. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [noun] coverture1393 laina1400 coveringc1400 palliation?c1425 lainingc1440 lonea1450 hudder-mudder1461 hugger-mugger1529 concealment1565 celation1567 hugger1576 burial1596 smothering1602 suppression1651 disguisal1652 hugger-mug1654 latitancy1701 cover-up1927 wraps1939 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adverb] latently1568 underground1632 uninstructively1816 under or in wraps1939 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] unwryc825 unhelec1000 to draw forthc1175 unhillc1200 to bring forth?c1225 unsteekc1250 let witc1275 uncovera1300 wraya1300 knowc1300 barea1325 shrivec1374 unwrapc1374 again-covera1382 nakena1382 outc1390 tellc1390 disclosea1393 cough1393 unhidea1400 unclosec1400 unhaspc1400 bewrayc1405 reveal1409 accusea1413 reveil1424 unlocka1425 unrekec1425 disclude?1440 uncurec1440 utter1444 detect1447 break1463 expose1483 divinec1500 revelate1514 to bring (also put) to light1526 decipher1529 rake1547 rip1549 unshadow1550 to lay to sight1563 uppen1565 unlace1567 unvisor?1571 resign1572 uncloak1574 disshroud1577 spill1577 reap1578 unrip1579 scour1585 unharboura1586 unmask1586 uncase1587 descrya1591 unclasp?1592 unrive1592 discover1594 unburden1594 untomb1594 unhusk1596 dismask1598 to open upc1600 untruss1600 divulge1602 unshale1606 unbrace1607 unveil1609 rave1610 disveil1611 unface1611 unsecret1612 unvizard1620 to open up1624 uncurtain1628 unscreen1628 unbare1630 disenvelop1632 unclothe1632 to lay forth1633 unshroud1633 unmuffle1637 midwife1638 dissecret1640 unseal1640 unmantle1643 to fetch out1644 undisguise1655 disvelop1658 decorticate1660 clash1667 exert1692 disinter1711 to up with1715 unbundlea1739 develop1741 disembosom1745 to open out1814 to let out1833 unsack1846 uncrown1849 to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861 unfrock1866 disbosom1868 to blow the lid off1928 flush1950 surface1955 to take or pull the wraps off1964 1939 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Dec. 3/6 The fact that the belligerents have kept their air power under wraps almost from the beginning reveals more than meets the eye. 1950 ‘S. Ransome’ Deadly Miss Ashley xv. 178 You grabbed his notebooks and tried..to keep them under wraps. 1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 49 Some members of the committee were insistent that the entire uranium project should be put in wraps for the duration. 1964 New Society 15 Feb. 21/2 The Government took the wraps off its plan for regenerating the Northeast. 1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 20 Jan. (1970) 226 Next Hubert [Humphrey] stepped forward—for once his exuberance was under wraps. 1973 Times 4 Oct. 4/3 Only now was the truth about battered wives being revealed ‘because the wraps have just been pulled off a taboo subject’. 1978 Dumfries Courier 20 Oct. 11/1 Show visitors will see numerous others which are still under wraps until nearer the Show. 1984 Times 14 May 7/2 This week will see the wraps coming off another popular project, where Britain wants to be seen leading the way. 5. Cinematography and Television. The end of a session of filming or recording. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > production of television broadcast > [noun] > end of recording session wrap1974 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > [noun] > end of filming session wrap1974 1974 M. Ayrton Midas Consequence i. 63 Other cars are heard starting up out of shot and the lights on the pergola go off so I assume it's a wrap and the crew is listening to the director saying something consequential and busy about tomorrow's call. 1980 J. Krantz Princess Daisy xii. 191 ‘Right, it's a wrap.’.. The large lights, cameras, sound equipment and other tools of the trade were quickly stowed away. 1983 Listener 23 June 18/2 The director says: ‘Cut! Thank you, Ben, that's a wrap—there is no more filming.’ Compounds See also wrap- comb. form. wrap party n. Cinematography a party held to celebrate the completion of filming. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > party > [noun] > other parties play-party1796 tail1837 surprise-party1840 street party1845 costume party1850 pound party1869 all-nighter1870 neighbourhood party1870 simcha1874 ceilidh1875 studio party1875 pounding1883 house party1885 private function1888 shower1893 kitchen shower1896 kitchen evening1902 bottle party1903 pyjama party1910 block party1919 house party1923 after-party1943 slumber party1949 office party1950 freeload1952 hukilau1954 BYOB1959 pot party1959 bush party1962 BYO1965 wrap party1978 bop1982 warehouse party1988 rave1989 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > [noun] > end of filming session > party wrap party1978 1978 J. Krantz Scruples xiii. 388 Work on Mirrors finished on schedule, on Friday, August 23rd, and the wrap party was scheduled for the next night. 1978 Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Queensland) 3 Apr. 6/4 At the wrap party..Syl played host in a three-piece white suit. wrap reel n. a large revolving framework on which yarn can be wound and measured. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > winding > equipment for > for winding and measuring wrap reel1889 wrap wheel1953 1889 G. E. Davis Sizing & Mildew in Cotton Goods ii. 20 In order to test the fineness of yarn a wrap reel is used, measuring 54 inches in circumference, which is so arranged that by a single turn of a handle two complete revolutions are given to the reel itself. 1928 W. L. Balls Stud. Quality in Cotton xii. 235 The lea was wound upon wrap-reels of varying diameter. 1956 S. E. Ellacott Spinning & Weaving 36/2 Arkwright's wrap reel for measuring hanks of yarn (840 yards) was a six-armed revolving star with a winch handle. wrap wheel n. = wrap reel n. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture of thread or yarn > [noun] > winding > equipment for > for winding and measuring wrap reel1889 wrap wheel1953 1953 A. Jobson Househ. & Country Crafts xi. 124 The winder worked in conjunction with a wrap wheel, or an adjustable wool winder, which was a stand to which were attached rices or runners. 1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 318 After yarn had been spun on a spindle or spinning wheel, it was transferred on to a wrap or clock wheel, a rotary instrument which skeined and measured it. The original wrap wheel is always said to have been invented by Richard Arkwright. Draft additions June 2006 Originally U.S. = body wrap n. at body n. Compounds 2. Frequently with modifying word indicating the type of treatment used.Recorded earliest in herbal wrap n. at herbal adj. Additions. ΚΠ 1963 Los Angeles Times 8 Sept. e4/2 ‘I can't go for the hike, Doc. Banged my toe in water polo,’ begged off a city father heading for the herbal wrap pavilion. 1972 Nevada State Jrnl. 13 Aug. 6 a (advt.) We feel that the inch loss a person receives from our wrap is more permanent than dieting or exercise. 1985 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 15 Sept. Guests can..enjoy body treatments that range from various kinds of massage to a seaweed wrap. 2000 Times 6 Oct. (Ski 2001 Suppl.) 15/4 At the Grand-Hotel Hof Ragaz's spa guests can receive a seaweed-and-sand body rub to aid circulation followed by a toxin-loosing algae wrap and a hydromassage. Draft additions June 2006 Originally U.S. An item of food consisting of an edible outer layer wrapped around a filling; esp. a tortilla or other flatbread wrapped around a sandwich-style filling. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pancake, tortilla, or oatcake > [noun] > tortilla tortilla1699 gordita1843 enchilada1887 taquito1924 burrito1934 pupusa1948 taco1949 chimichanga1968 wrap1969 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > loaf > [noun] > flat cake of bread cakec1225 tharf-cake1362 cake-breadc1400 bannock1483 bere bannockc1550 torte1555 fadge1609 breadcake1635 riddle cake1673 jonikin1676 tortilla1699 cookie1701 johnnycake1739 journey cake1754 galette1775 pone1796 riddle bread1797 ash-cake1809 chapatti1810 papad1813 poppadom1820 puri1831 roti1838 Rhode Island johnnycake1866 wrap1969 chapo1993 1969 Frederick (Maryland) Post 29 Jan. b1/7 Fun-to-eat Halibut Bacon Wraps bring a warm fresh-broiled goodness with them. Prepare halibut ahead.., wrap with bacon and broil. 1989 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 12 Oct. h1 The Juicy Wrap, a whole-wheat lavash (tortilla-type) sandwich..is popular at I Love Juicy in West Hollywood. 1994 P. Permenter & J. Bigley Texas Barbecue 47 We ordered a sausage wrap, with a generous length of sausage wrapped in a flour tortilla. 2001 N.Y. Times 13 June f3/5 Asians eat lettuce wraps year round. But these crisply packaged finger foods seem especially appropriate in summer. Wraps are also fun to make. Draft additions June 2006 British slang. A packet containing a small amount of an illegal drug in powder form. ΚΠ 1985 Times 13 Aug. 4/2 Mr David Elton, Liberal MP for Liverpool Edge Hill, says that the city is ‘awash’ in heroin and that ‘wraps’ can be bought for as little as £5. 1995 DJ 6 July 41/2 An officer shows me the tools of tonight's trade..plus the drugs bag which is already half full with 70 ecstasy tablets, bags of weed and wraps of speed found abandoned on the ground. 2004 A. Hollinghurst Line of Beauty viii. 202 On other nights of the week he might be in and out of the lavatories of smart restaurants with his wrap of coke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022). wrapv. Brit. /rap/, U.S. /ræp/ Forms: Also Middle English–1600s wrappe (1500s archaic wrappen), 1500s warppe, 1500s–1600s past participle ywrapt, 1500s, 1800s dialect warp, 1600s–1700s rap, 1800s dialect wrop. Etymology: Of obscure origin. Compare earlier bewrap v. (also belap v., lap v.² with the variant wlappe v., and wap v.²), and North Frisian wrappe to press into, stop up, Danish dialect vrappe to stuff. The dialect variant wrop had formerly greater currency. ‘This word is often pronounced rop, rhyming with top, even by speakers much above the vulgar’ (Walker, 1791). ‘The same pronunciation is not uncommon in some parts of the United States’ (Worcester, 1858). I. To cover or envelop, and related uses. 1. a. To cover, enwrap, or swathe (a person or part of the body) by enfolding in a cloth or the like; in later use esp., to envelop or enshroud with a garment; to attire, garb, clothe in an enfolding garment. Occasionally reflexive. Also with adverbs, as about, around, round. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > wrap or envelop biwevec1000 wrap13.. mufflea1450 bemuffle1611 wrap1647 mither1847 snuggle1867 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > specifically a (part of) a person wrap13.. muzzlec1450 13.. Coer de L. 3094 Hys chaumberlayn hym wrappyd warm. He lay and slepte. c1320 tr. J. Bonaventura Medit. 975 Sone, y was wunt þe swetly to wrappe, Now swaþe y þe dede. c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. xx. 64 When thou bytoke hym me to clothe and wrappe. c1400 Mandeville ix. (E.E.T.S.) 39 In þat same cloth so ywrapped the aungeles beren hire body to the mount Synay. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 245 The vyrgyn wrappynge and gatherynge togyther the handes and fete of her lytel sonne..in a bande. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Gen. xxxviii. 14 She..couered hir with a vaile, and wrapped her selfe. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Isaiah xxviii. 20 For the bed is streict.., and the couering narowe that one can not wrap him self. 1645 J. Milton On Christ's Nativity: Hymn i, in Poems 2 The Heav'n-born-childe, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 477 Some term Beasts thus wrapped about the Body [ante ‘with a Towel’] charged with a pale. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iii. 495 Helen..in her lucid veil close wrapt around, Silent retired. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel vi. xxvii. 188 A shape with amice wrapped around. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities i. ii. 3 All three were wrapped to the cheek-bones and over the ears. 1909 J. L. Allen Bride of Mistletoe vi. 159 Coarsely wrapped and carrying some bundle.., [she] opened her front door. b. Const. in (†on) or with. Also reflexive. ΚΠ a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2609 Þei..wist wel þat þei went wrapped in þe skinnes. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 745 He gript his mantel, as a weiȝh woful he wrapped him þer-inne. c1375 Pol., Rel., & L. Poems (1903) 255/10 Iesu, swete, beo noth wroþ Þou ich nabbe clout ne cloþ..Þe on to folde ne to wrappe. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxxvii. 1 King Ezechie..kutte his clothis, and wrappid is with a sac. c1410 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (1908) vi. 47 Sche..wrapped hym in the keuerchiefes of hir heued. 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes i. 6169 Pouert eek liggith the colde wyntris nyht Wrappid in strauh, withoute compleynynge. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxvii. f. xlij Ioseph toke the body, and wrapped it in a clene lynnyne clooth. 1547 tr. A. de Marcourt Bk. Marchauntes (new ed.) c v b Thus coyffed and wrapped with their read hattes of this..capper, they go from town to town. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. i. sig. N6^v Weake wretch I wrapt my selfe in Palmers weed. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 171 Married women..wrap their heads and mouthes with a narrow long piece of linnen. a1680 S. Butler Corrupt Judge in Char. (1908) 68 He wraps himself warm in Furs. 1754 J. Shebbeare Marriage Act I. xxxvi. 233 With his Legs wrapt close in a Pair of good Hay-boots. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 675 Some noble lord Shall..wrap himself in Hamlet's inky cloak. 1825 W. Scott Talisman ix, in Tales Crusaders IV. 196 Sir Kenneth..then wrapped him in the haik, or Arab cloak. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert iv, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. III. 83 Let me wrap my head round with my mantle..to dispel this dizziness. a1871 T. Carlyle in J. W. Carlyle Lett. & Memorials (1883) III. 247 We had to wrap our invalid in quite a heap of rugs and shawls. figurative and in extended use.a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxxviii. 9 Whan I shuld setten the cloude his clothing, and with dercnesse it..I wrappide aboute.c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) Prol. 1 He wrappeth him in his frend, þat condescendith to the rihtful preiers of his frend.c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1036 So lewdly in my termes I me wrappe.1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle ii. sig. B^v I am so wrapt, and throwly lapt of ioly good ale.1575 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians f. 136 As he [sc. Christ] is wrapped in our flesh and in our bloud.c1640 E. Waller Apol. Sleep 28 Where Phoebus never shrouds His golden beams, nor wraps his face in clouds.1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 359 Faith wraps it self in the righteousness of Christ.1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 462 Sad Nilus..spreads his Mantle o're the winding Coast: In which he wraps his Queen.1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xli. 313 I was resolved, if I were applied to, to wrap myself close about in a general denial.1759 W. Mason Caractacus 71 Silent, as night, that wrapt us in her veil, We pac'd up yonder hill.1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam v. 5 In words, like weeds, I'll wrap me o'er. View more context for this quotation1866 Reader 2 June 533 Francis II, wrapping the imperial phantom on its fall as decently as he could.1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. viii. 176 She had to wrap her shivering spirit in a blind reliance..on him. c. Frequently with up; esp. in later use passive, = attired in warmer or protective clothing. Also, reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (reflexive)] > in specific way revesta1325 get?1530 to get ready1530 slovena1591 veil1614 wrap1647 fit1667 fetish1735 toff1914 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > wrap or envelop biwevec1000 wrap13.. mufflea1450 bemuffle1611 wrap1647 mither1847 snuggle1867 1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 222 If you continue to wrap up our young acquaintance..in such warm choice swadlings, it will quickly grow up to maturity. 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila ii. xviii. 25 Now serves our Guiltiness, as winding Sheet, To wrap up Lepers; Cover meet. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 10 In the night time they are forc'd to wrap themselves up in certain linnen cloaths. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 196 I know a gentleman..[whose] servant wraps him up in a sheet dipped in cold water. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 148 The former thinks the cold so severe, that he wraps himself up in all the garments he can procure. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House lvii. 546 Are you well wrapped up..?.. It's a desperate sharp night for a young lady to be out in. 1862 W. H. G. Kingston Three Midshipmen x Their blankets..quickly dried, and the poor fellows were then wrapped up in them again. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate v He had to be wrapped up against the cold and further fortified by a cup of black coffee. d. absol. for reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way > in specific clothing to cover (one's head)c1340 boot1600 to be covered1611 to put on1611 robea1626 cloak1774 wrap1847 tuck1888 gown1896 flannel1919 to suit up1927 to dress down1941 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xl. 407 She never wrapped up enough. If a man don't wrap up..he has nothing to fall back upon. 1872 March. Dufferin Canad. Jrnl. (1891) 52 The governess..won't wrap up..: nothing but a frost-bite will make her careful. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate ii I advise you to take that delightful shawl of yours to wrap up in on your return. 2. a. To cover or envelop (an object) by winding or folding something round or about it; to surround with or enwrap in a covering, wrapper, or the like, esp. so as to protect from injury, damage, loss, etc. Also transferred. (Cf. lap v.² 3.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > by winding or folding something round enlacec1374 wrap1382 circumvolute1599 coila1625 furl1712 to roll on1753 clasp1798 bespin1862 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Sam. xxi. 9 The swerd..is wrappid with a pal after the preestis coope. c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 628 Canacee..softely in plastres gan hire [sc. an injured falcon] wrappe. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) x. iv Briȝte bemes of stronge fuyre schyneþ but þei beþ wrapped. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 120^v Hercules..brak the bondes in whiche he was wrapped and swaded in. 1484 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 149 iij Angelettes wrappyd yn paper. 1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. A.iii^v Yf ye wyll wrappe youre soueraynes brede stately. ?1550 H. Llwyd tr. Pope John XXI Treasury of Healthe sig. K.i Dyp wool in the decoction.., and let thy syde be wrapped often therewyth. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Iiv ^v Pills ywrapt in sugar. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 110/2 The cod, or coate wherewith any kind of pulse is wrapped or couered. 1602 2nd Pt. Returne fr. Parnassus i. iii. 352 He..furnishes the Chaundlers with wast papers to wrap candles in. 1647 J. Taylor Kings Wellcome Hampton Court 3 Thou hast not wrap'd thy Talent in a Clout. 1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler vii. 57 A great Hackle, the body black, and wrapped with a red feather. 1762 W. Cowper To Miss Macartney 33 Some Alpine mountain, wrapt in snow, Thus braves the whirling blast. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. l. 33 Subtle poniards, wrapt beneath the cloke. c1890 Bp. Selwyn in F. D. How Life (1899) 260 We can't be kept in bandboxes and wrapped in cotton wool all our lives. 1893 J. A. Hodges Elem. Photogr. (1907) 49 Wrap the tube in a piece of clean white paper. figurative.1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 122 For all his witte in his wede ys wrappid ffor sothe.1545 J. Bale Mysterye Inyquyte P. Pantolabus f. 67 For that shall they be wrapped in the cheanes of longe darkenesse.a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. C3 Because thys second sorte is wrapped within the folde of the proposed subiect.reflexive.1526 Bible (Tyndale) Gal. v. 1 Stond fast therfore.., and wrappe nott youre selves agayne in the yoke of bondage. b. Frequently with adverbs, as about, down, round, together, and esp. up. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] bewindOE writheOE windc1175 bewrap?c1225 lapa1300 umbelaya1300 umbeweave1338 wlappec1380 enwrapa1382 wrapa1382 inlap1382 envelop1386 forwrapc1386 hapc1390 umbeclapa1400 umbethonrea1400 umblaya1400 wapc1420 biwlappea1425 revolve?a1425 to roll up?a1425 roll?c1425 to roll ina1475 wimple1513 to wind up?1533 invest1548 circumvolve1607 awrap1609 weave1620 sheet1621 obvolve1623 embowdle1625 amict1657 wry1674 woold1775 overwrap1815 wrapper1885 wrapper1905 weve- a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xiv. 19 Thou forsothe art cast aferr fro thi sepulcre..; and aboute wrappid with hem that ben slayn with swerd. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) iii. i. ii. 11 When the Bore is..cut out, ech peece is wrapped vp..with bulrushes, ozier peeles, packethreed, or such like. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 27 The olde man..sends them weapons wrapt about with lines, That wound..to the quicke. View more context for this quotation 1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler viii. 78 A white Hackle, the body of white Mo-hair, and wrapped about with a white Hackle Feather. a1706 J. Evelyn Sculptura (1906) ii. ii. 13 When he has quite don with his plates..see that he..cleanse them very perfectly, wrapping them up in papers. 1735 J. Swift Advice to Grub-St. Poets in Wks. II. 368 Your still-born Poems shall revive, And scorn to wrap up Spice. 1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 2) App. p. lviii When you use them, wrap them up in tow. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xxiii. 566 Waxed paper is very useful..for wrapping up deliquescent or changeable substances. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xxix. 411 Every limb was wrapped round with these stripes by itself. elliptical.1879 Ogden in J. H. Keene Fishing Tackle (1886) 170 Take a length of gut,..test it,..lay it underneath the hook, and wrap down with the waxed silk close and even. †c. Prov. (See quot. 1677, and cf. lap v.² 3d) Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Mmm3/3 Wrapped up in his mothers smock, aimé des femmes. 3. a. To envelop or enclose in a surrounding medium, as flames, water, etc. Frequently in passive. (Cf. 6d.) Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium belapc1175 take?a1300 wrapa1382 environa1393 enumberc1400 involvea1420 enfoldc1425 bewrapa1430 mantlec1450 envelop1474 enwrap1545 imply1590 circumvolve1607 circumfuse1608 becloaka1618 swathe1624 gird1645 wrap1656 velope1722 steep1798 bathe1816 cloak1818 impall1852 atmosphere1881 kirtle1888 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium > of conditions or influences wrapa1382 wrapa1382 involve1382 bathea1529 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Judith xiv. 4 The dukis of hem..finden hym heded, in his blod wrappid. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xiv. 27 The Egipciens fleynge,..the Lord wrapte hem with ynne in the myddel floodes. c1510 Gesta Romanorum (de Worde) A v In his blode the bone was wrapped. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xi. sig. Oo Sad shadowes gan the world to hyde From mortall vew, and wrap in darkenes dreare. c1659 in Roxburghe Ballads (1888) VI. 326 A Man..Whose Father is wrapped in mould. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 158 Of these the vigilance I dread, and to elude, thus wrapt in mist Of midnight vapor glide obscure. View more context for this quotation 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 54 Fulfil thy stern Desire, Burst all her Gates, and wrap her Walls in Fire! 1768 T. Gray Descent of Odin in Poems 95 Till wrap'd in flames, in ruin hurl'd, Sinks the fabric of the world. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 124 Oh Winter,..Thy forehead wrapt in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. i. 11 The baron who wrapped the castle of his competitor in flames. View more context for this quotation 1908 G. Cormack Egypt in Asia ii. 18 The loftier summits are wrapped in clouds. figurative and in figurative contexts.a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxxvii. 19 Wee forsothe ben wrappid in dercnessis.1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. bb.ii^v The fylthy voluptye of the body, wherin the synner waltereth and wrappeth hymselfe lyke as a sowe waloweth..in the puddell.1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 107 + 16 Why doe we wrap the gentleman in our more rawer breath?1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 176 Wrapping sin in clouds won't alter its character, my girl.elliptical.1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Judges v. 27 And he was wrappid bifore the feet of hir. †b. To involve, environ, or entangle (a person, etc.) in something that impedes movement or restricts liberty; to catch in this way. Chiefly in passive. Also with in. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > by entangling or binding shrenchc897 beswapec980 taglea1340 tanglea1340 gyve1377 encumber138. engleimc1400 wrapc1412 involvec1440 fetter1526 mesh1532 crawl1548 felter1567 to tie up1570 in trick1572 ensnarl1593 entrammel1598 engage1603 casta1605 imbrier1605 weave1620 immaze1631 trammel1727 enchain1751 entangle1790 enmesh1822 in mesh1875 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > by catching or gripping catchc1225 wrapc1412 heel1887 c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1686 Be war of þencombraunce Of þe feend, which..him castiþ þe wrappe in & wrye. 1560 A. L. tr. J. Calvin Foure Serm. Song Ezechias (1574) D vij When we shall mourne so that we should be so wrapped in and tangled. 1562 A. Brooke tr. M. Bandello Tragicall Hist. Romeus & Iuliet f. 7 How surely are the wareles wrapt by those that lye in wayte? 1569 T. Blague Schole of Wise Conceytes 268 The Hart..being entred into a thick wood, his horns were wrapped faste in the boughes. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. v. sig. K.vii^v/1 Absalom..being wrapped by the haire to a tree. figurative.1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. B3 These moathes of the Common-wealth, apply their wits to wrap in wealthy farmers with straunge and vncoth conceits.1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. E4 O how are they wrapt in with infamies, That from their own misdeeds askaunce their eyes? View more context for this quotation c. To clasp, embrace. Also in figurative context. (Cf. lap v.² 3c.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [verb (transitive)] clipc950 freeOE beclipc1000 windc1175 fang?c1200 yokec1275 umgripea1300 to take in (also into, on) one's armsc1300 umbefold14.. collc1320 lapc1350 bracec1375 embracec1386 clapa1400 folda1400 halsea1400 umbeclapa1400 accollc1400 fathomc1400 halchc1400 haspc1400 hoderc1440 plighta1450 plet?a1500 cuddlec1520 complect1523 umbfoldc1540 clasp1549 culla1564 cully1576 huggle1583 embosom1590 wrap1594 collya1600 cling1607 bosom1608 grasp1609 comply1648 huddlea1650 smuggle1679 inarm1713 snuggle1775 cwtch1965 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 58 What dost thou wrap and fumble in thy armes? View more context for this quotation 1639 Deloney's Gentile Craft: 2nd Pt. (rev. ed.) ii. vi. sig. Giij^v To perswade our great Grandmother the earth to wrap his cold body in her warme bosome. 1716 J. Gay Trivia i. 13 Others you'll see..Wrapt in th'Embraces of a Kersey Coat. 1797 S. T. Coleridge Melancholy 3 Her folded arms wrapping her tatter'd pall. 4. a. To envelop, entangle, or implicate (a person, etc.) in (†into), to surround, encompass, or beset with, some (esp. prejudicial) condition of things, as sin, trouble, sorrow, etc. (Cf. enwrap v. 2c.) Also occasionally with up.Frequently in passive, not always distinguishable from 6. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict overharryeOE aileOE swencheOE besetOE traya1000 teenOE to work (also do) (a person) woeOE derve?c1225 grieve1297 harrya1300 noyc1300 travailc1300 to work (also do) annoyc1300 wrath14.. aggrievea1325 annoya1325 tribula1325 to hold wakenc1330 anguish1340 distrainc1374 wrap1380 strain1382 ermec1386 afflicta1393 cumbera1400 assayc1400 distressc1400 temptc1400 encumber1413 labour1437 infortune?a1439 stressa1450 trouble1489 arraya1500 constraina1500 attempt1525 misease1530 exercise1531 to hold or keep waking1533 try1539 to wring to the worse1542 pinch1548 affligec1550 trounce1551 oppress1555 inflict1566 overharl1570 strait1579 to make a martyr of1599 straiten1611 tribulatea1637 to put through the hoop(s)1919 snooter1923 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)] tawc893 ermec897 swencheOE besetOE bestandc1000 teenOE baitc1175 grieve?c1225 war?c1225 noyc1300 pursuec1300 travailc1300 to work (also do) annoyc1300 tribula1325 worka1325 to hold wakenc1330 chase1340 twistc1374 wrap1380 cumbera1400 harrya1400 vexc1410 encumber1413 inquiet1413 molest?a1425 course1466 persecutec1475 trouble1489 sturt1513 hare1523 hag1525 hale1530 exercise1531 to grate on or upon1532 to hold or keep waking1533 infest1533 scourge1540 molestate1543 pinch1548 trounce1551 to shake upa1556 tire1558 moila1560 pester1566 importune1578 hunt1583 moider1587 bebait1589 commacerate1596 bepester1600 ferret1600 harsell1603 hurry1611 gall1614 betoil1622 weary1633 tribulatea1637 harass1656 dun1659 overharry1665 worry1671 haul1678 to plague the life out of1746 badger1782 hatchel1800 worry1811 bedevil1823 devil1823 victimize1830 frab1848 mither1848 to pester the life out of1848 haik1855 beplague1870 chevy1872 obsede1876 to get on ——1880 to load up with1880 tail-twist1898 hassle1901 heckle1920 snooter1923 hassle1945 to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck1946 to bust (a person's) chops1953 noodge1960 monster1967 the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (transitive)] > bring (a person or thing) into a state or condition > totally or deeply wrap1380 embrake1542 enfold1579 immerge1611 1380 Lay Folks Catech. (Lamb. MS.) 81 We be..wrappid with many myscheuys. a1400 Relig. Lyrics 14th Cent. (1924) 234 Mannes soule was wrapped in wo. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 23324 I wrapped alle in gome & gle. c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 959 My goost is wrapped in an heuy drede. c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. v. 68 A synner þou art & encombred and wrapped in many passions. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. vii. 16 Suche as than bare moost rule in the towne, were so wrapped with treason, y^t[etc.]. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Rom. xi. 32 God hath wrapped all nacions in vnbeleve. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxxvij^v The deuill is disposed to wrap vs in sondry calamities at one time. 1573 G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres sig. Ddiii^v A wretch ywrapt in wroth. 1624 G. Carleton Thankfull Remembrance ix. 95 They..stirred vp new troubles..by wrapping them in new garboiles against the King. c1659 in Roxburghe Ballads (1886) VI. 326 It is a Man wrapped in woe. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 40 I see him brood, Wrapt in his mental solitude. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Guinevere in Idylls of King 232 So the stately Queen abode.., Wrapt in her grief. 1899 G. Wyndham in Westm. Gaz. 15 Dec. 5/3 We were living from day to day wrapped in anxiety. reflexive.c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋586 Alle this manere of folk..wrappen hem in hir synnes.c1430 in Pol., Rel., & L. Poems (1903) 217 Þou wrappist þee wiþ vanytees.1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xlix He brought him selfe into a streyghter custody..and wrapped him selfe into tortures and punyshmentes.1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Induco To wrappe or intangle him selfe in captious questions.1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe i. 13 Though in one Fate I wrap my self and you.in extended use.?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads iii. 418 Unhappy Deity! Why lov'st thou still in these deceits to wrap my fantasy? b. To involve, enfold, or enwrap (a person, etc.) in some soothing or tranquillizing state or influence. Frequently in passive, = sunk in slumber, rest, etc. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > compose or make calm [verb (transitive)] > enfold in something soothing wrap1399 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [verb (transitive)] > put to or cause to sleep > induce or lull to sleep lullc1386 wrap1399 sopite1542 to fall, lull, lay (bring obs.) asleep1594 soporate1623 belull1631 consopite1647 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium > of conditions or influences > specific soothing or seductive lapa1375 wrap1399 1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 291 Ho so þus leued his lyff to the ende, Euere wrappid in welle,.. Myȝte seie [etc.]. 1414 T. Brampton Paraphr. Seven Penit. Psalms (1842) 10 Whan I am wrappyd in wele. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A8^v Carelesse Quiet lyes, Wrapt in eternall silence farre from enimyes. 1610 Mucedorus (new ed.) sig. D3^v Musicke speake loudly now the season's apt, For former dolours are in pleasure wrapt. 1717 A. Pope Eloisa to Abelard in Wks. 432 Enter each mild, each amicable guest; Receive, and wrap me in eternal rest! 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 185 He..hears, At distance safe, the human tempest roar, Wrapt close in conscious peace. 1798 S. T. Coleridge Fears in Solitude 2 His senses gradually wrapp'd In a half-sleep, he dreams of better worlds. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge ix. 287 The house is wrapped in slumbers. 1857 J. G. Holland Bay-path xxx. 371 Wrapped in ineffable repose, lay her child. 1872 Punch 2 Mar. 95/2 They were soon wrapped in sound and healthy slumbers. figurative.1791 S. T. Coleridge Happiness 79 Where far from splendour, far from riot, In silence wrapt sleeps careless Quiet. 5. a. To involve or enfold (a subject or matter) so as to obscure or disguise the true or full nature of it; to conceal or hide by enveloping in a mass of different character. Cf. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep from knowledge [verb (transitive)] heeleOE dernc893 mitheeOE wryOE buryc1175 hidec1200 dilla1300 laina1375 keepa1382 wrapa1382 cover1382 conceala1393 curea1400 shroud1412 veilc1460 smorec1480 cele1484 suppress1533 wrap1560 smoulder1571 squat1577 muffle1582 estrange1611 screen1621 lock1646 umbrage1675 reserve1719 restrict1802 hugger-mugger1803 mask1841 ward1881 thimblerig1899 marzipan1974 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxxviii. 2 Who is this, wrappende in sentencis with woordis vnwise? c1386 G. Chaucer Squire's Tale 507 Al were he ful of treson and falsnesse It was so wrapped vnder humble cheere And vnder hewe of trouthe. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 1426 A word þat is wrappid, and in wrath holdyn. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Implicata res controversiis, a mattier wrapped and incombred with many controuersies. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. iv. sig. Kk8 He dispatched privat letters to al those principall Lords..: wrapping their hopes with such cunning, as they rather [etc.]. 1640 T. Carew Poems 28 Wise Poets that wrap't Truth in tales. 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. A7 Nor Ladies loves, nor Knights brave Martiall deeds, Ywrapt in rolls of hid Antiquity. 1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) ii. 16 Some dire Disaster.., But what, or where, the Fates have wrapt in Night. 1759 W. Mason Caractacus 41 Heard'st thou the awful invocation, Youth, Wrapt in those holy harpings? a1770 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) I. v. 85 The religion of the Egyptians..was all mystery, wrapt in obscurity. 1825 W. Scott Talisman v, in Tales Crusaders IV. 77 I have no objection that leeches should wrap their words in mist. 1850 E. B. Browning tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 184 Zeus commands Thy declaration..Do not wrap thy speech..but speak clearly! 1865 R. W. Dale Jewish Temple iii. 35 The image wrapped in the word..is a very impressive and instructive one. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1875) III. xii. 253 I found the question wrapped in darkness. b. Frequently with up. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep from knowledge [verb (transitive)] heeleOE dernc893 mitheeOE wryOE buryc1175 hidec1200 dilla1300 laina1375 keepa1382 wrapa1382 cover1382 conceala1393 curea1400 shroud1412 veilc1460 smorec1480 cele1484 suppress1533 wrap1560 smoulder1571 squat1577 muffle1582 estrange1611 screen1621 lock1646 umbrage1675 reserve1719 restrict1802 hugger-mugger1803 mask1841 ward1881 thimblerig1899 marzipan1974 1560 Bible (Geneva) Micah vii. 3 Therefore the great man he speaketh out the corruption of his soule: so they wrap it vp. 1601 S. Daniel Epist. to Sir T. Egerton vi If it be wisedome..Which so imbroyles the state of truth with brawles, And wrappes it vp in strange confusednesse. 1619 Visct. Doncaster Let. in S. R. Gardiner Lett. Relations Eng. & Germany (1865) 1st Ser. 119 Sum more bitternes then her Highnes had wrapped up in sweet termes. 1669 E. Stillingfleet Serm. 125 Here is no wrapping up Religion in strange figures and mysterious non-sense, which the Ægyptians were so much given to. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 271. ¶4 If it had been proper for them [sc. Ladies] to hear,..the Author would not have wrapt it up in Greek. 1779 Mirror No. 22 It was some error in education which had wrapt up Cleone's character in so much obscurity. 1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Jan. 231 Their best..plan for seizing on the savings of other men's industry in the funds, is only spoliation wrapped up. 1897 ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime 14 Without troubling to wrap up his resolve in smooth-sounding words. 6. a. Of qualities, etc.: to invest, environ, or beset (a person, etc.); to encompass in some condition. Also with up. (Cf. 4.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium > of conditions or influences wrapa1382 wrapa1382 involve1382 bathea1529 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xviii. 11 Al aboute feris shul gasten hym, and withinne wrappen his feet. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. vii. f. xviii^v Albeit matrimonie be a holy thyng, yet it wrappeth a man..in worldlye care. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclviij The self same cause..wyl shortly after wrap vp them also in great distresse. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 602 Ay me..whom euill hap Vnworthy in such wretchednes doth wrap. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xvii. 53 Some deere cause, Will in concealement wrap me vp awhile. View more context for this quotation 1650 Earl of Monmouth tr. J. F. Senault Man become Guilty 388 Humane Justice..wraps up the innocent and the guilty in the same punishment. 1665 R. Howard & J. Dryden Indian-queen ii, in R. Howard Four New Plays 148 Guilty rage, Which..wrapt all things in one cruel fate. 1734 I. Watts Reliquiæ Juveniles 122 Thy power, thy fulness of blessing, wrap my soul up in astonishment and devout silence. 1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. i. 23 O'er the land and deep, Peace stole her wing, and wrapt the world in sleep. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 146 They disentangle from the puzzled skein, In which obscurity has wrapp'd them up, The threads of..shrewd design. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna vi. xxx. 143 Oblivion wrapt Our spirits. in extended use.1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. I.iiii^v Some pleasant hower thy wo may wrappe: & thee defend, & couer. b. Of mould, etc.: to contain, cover (the dead). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > bury or entomb [verb (transitive)] > said of the earth or tomb tomba1586 wrap1602 sepulchre1608 inhume1621 intera1631 hearse1796 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. v. sig. I^v By the fresh turnd vp mould that wraps my sonne. 1747 W. Collins Odes 34 Every Sod, which wraps the Dead. 1792 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 660 Cauld's the clay, That wraps my Highland Mary! a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 730 The sod that wraps my friend. c. To form a wrap or covering for (a person or thing); to cover, clothe. Also with round. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > coil round (something) enlacec1374 whipc1500 wreathe1509 enwrap1578 circumvolute1599 twine1602 ingyre1610 wrap?1611 wire1645 serpenta1660 whirl1676 convolute1698 intertwine1717 entwine1796 overtwinea1817 enwind1849 warplea1870 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > serve as a wrapping for fold1593 wrap?1611 envelopa1616 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads x. 122 About him a mandilion,..A garment that 'gainst cold in nights, did soldiers use to wrap. 1734 A. Pope Epist. to Visct. Cobham 12 Let a charming Chintz, and Brussels lace Wrap my cold limbs, and shade my lifeless face. 1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel ii. xix. 48 A palmer's amice wrapped him round. 1871 Amer. Encycl. Printing 504/1 Wrappers..resemble labels, but differ from them in having larger margins, so that they can inclose or wrap up a bottle of patent medicine, a bar of soap, etc. figurative.1842 Ld. Tennyson Vision of Sin in Poems (new ed.) II. 217 Wine is good for shrivell'd lips, When a blanket wraps the day. d. Of flames, etc.: to spread or extend around, about, or over (something); to surround, encompass. (Cf. sense 3.) Also with adverbs, as round, up. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium belapc1175 take?a1300 wrapa1382 environa1393 enumberc1400 involvea1420 enfoldc1425 bewrapa1430 mantlec1450 envelop1474 enwrap1545 imply1590 circumvolve1607 circumfuse1608 becloaka1618 swathe1624 gird1645 wrap1656 velope1722 steep1798 bathe1816 cloak1818 impall1852 atmosphere1881 kirtle1888 1656 A. Cowley Davideis ii. 57 in Poems [A] sudden cloud..all his fame benights, and all his store, Wrapping him round, and now he's seen no more. 1699 S. Garth Dispensary ii. 13 Night had wrap'd in Shades the Mountains Heads. 1716 J. Gay Trivia iii. 78 Flames sudden wrap the Walls. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth I. 357 Our own muddy atmosphere, that wraps us round in obscurity. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 129 Not faster..speeds the midnight blaze,..Wrapping thy cliffs in purple glow. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xviii. 133 A thick fog..wrapped the mountain quite closely. 1899 S. R. Crockett Kit Kennedy 337 The snow had wrapped all the city in a white clinging mystery. figurative.1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. ii. 36 How beautiful was the tranquility that wrapped the scene!1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iv. 45 The speaking quietude That wraps this moveless scene. e. To veil or conceal from a person, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)] heeleOE forhelec888 i-hedec888 dernc893 hidec897 wryOE behelec1000 behidec1000 bewryc1000 forhidec1000 overheleOE hilla1250 fealc1325 cover1340 forcover1382 blinda1400 hulsterc1400 overclosec1400 concealc1425 shroud1426 blend1430 close1430 shadow1436 obumber?1440 mufflea1450 alaynec1450 mew?c1450 purloin1461 to keep close?1471 oversilec1478 bewrap1481 supprime1490 occulta1500 silec1500 smoor1513 shadec1530 skleir1532 oppressa1538 hudder-mudder1544 pretex1548 lap?c1550 absconce1570 to steek away1575 couch1577 recondite1578 huddle1581 mew1581 enshrine1582 enshroud1582 mask1582 veil1582 abscondc1586 smotherc1592 blot1593 sheathe1594 immask1595 secret1595 bemist1598 palliate1598 hoodwinka1600 overmaska1600 hugger1600 obscure1600 upwrap1600 undisclose1601 disguise1605 screen1611 underfold1612 huke1613 eclipsea1616 encavea1616 ensconcea1616 obscurify1622 cloud1623 inmewa1625 beclouda1631 pretext1634 covert1647 sconce1652 tapisa1660 shun1661 sneak1701 overlay1719 secrete1741 blank1764 submerge1796 slur1813 wrap1817 buttress1820 stifle1820 disidentify1845 to stick away1900 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna Ded. p. xxxii While clouds are passing by Which wrap them [sc. stars] from the foundering seaman's sight. 1867 W. Morris Life & Death of Jason ii. 18 A cloud..That wrapt the Goddess from him. 7. to wrap up (figurative). a. transitive. To put an end to, bring to completion; also, to defeat; to wrap it up, to stop doing something. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] > bring to an end or conclusion finec1300 finisha1375 concludec1430 determine1483 to wind off1650 parclose1667 to wind up1780 eventuate1816 to round out1856 mop1859 to wrap up1922 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > have or gain mastery or superiority over [verb (transitive)] > overcome or defeat > defeat completely or do for overthrowc1375 checkmatea1400 to bring or put to (or unto) utterance1430 distrussc1430 crusha1599 panga1600 to fetch off1600 finish1611 settle?1611 feague1668 rout1676 spiflicate1749 bowl1793 to settle a person's hash1795 dish1798 smash1813 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 thunder-smite1875 scuppera1918 to put the bee on1918 stonker1919 to wrap up1922 root1944 banjax1956 marmalize1966 the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease from (an action or operation) [verb (transitive)] aswikec975 linOE beleavec1175 forletc1175 i-swikec1175 restc1175 stutte?c1225 lina1300 blinc1314 to give overc1325 to do wayc1350 stintc1366 finisha1375 leavea1375 yleavec1380 to leave offa1382 refuse1389 ceasec1410 resigna1413 respite?a1439 relinquish1454 surcease1464 discontinue1474 unfill1486 supersede1499 desist1509 to have ado?1515 stop1525 to lay aside1530 stay1538 quata1614 to lay away1628 sist1635 quita1642 to throw up1645 to lay by1709 to come off1715 unbuckle1736 peter1753 to knock off1767 stash1794 estop1796 stow1806 cheese1811 to chuck itc1879 douse1887 nark1889 to stop off1891 stay1894 sling1902 can1906 to lay off1908 to pack in1934 to pack up1934 to turn in1938 to break down1941 to tie a can to (or on)1942 to jack in1948 to wrap it up1949 1922 T. E. Lawrence Seven Pillars (Oxford text) xxxviii. 90 The British were wrapping up the Arabs on all sides—at Aden, at Gaza, at Bagdad. 1937 Amer. Legion Monthly May 9/1 Only one shot to finish before midnight and we'd wrap it up in thirteen days. 1949 A. Miller Death of Salesman ii. 128 To hell with whose fault it is... Let's just wrap it up, heh? 1957 J. Osborne Look Back in Anger i. 25 Wrap it up, will you? Stop ringing those bells! 1957 P. Frank Seven Days to Never ii. vii. 80 I guess that wraps it up for tonight... I don't know of anything else we can do. 1960 G. Sanders Mem. Professional Cad ii. iii. 127 ‘Wrap it up,’ he would shout. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 2 July 1- c/1 Nastase wrapped up Ramirez, 6-2, 9-7, 6-3. 1984 Times 14 Mar. 2/1 (heading) Labour MPs advised to wrap up their muck raking. b. intransitive. To stop talking. Frequently as imperative. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > lose the voice [verb (intransitive)] > not utter to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175 to hold (also have, keep) one's peacea1275 peacec1395 muffa1500 to put a sock in ita1529 whista1547 to say not muff1652 to hold one's whisht1786 to shut (one's) pan1799 to shut up1840 to hold one's whistc1874 to shut (one's) head, face1876 to wrap up1943 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 70 Wrap up, stop talking. Or, get ready to go home. 1945 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake (new ed.) 63 Wrap up!, Be quiet! Pipe down! 1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights i. 49 Why dont you rap up. 1959 ‘O. Mills’ Stairway to Murder iv. 44 ‘Geoff, wrap up about the jigsaws,’ Charles entreated him. 8. intransitive. Cinematography and Television. To finish filming or recording. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > production of television broadcast > produce television broadcast [verb (intransitive)] > finish recording session wrap1976 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > film [verb (intransitive)] > finish filming wrap1976 1976 in B. Armstrong Gloss. TV Terms 94. 1983 London Mag. Aug.–Sept. 30 We wrapped on schedule, three days later... The movie got terrible reviews. II. To wind or fold around, and related uses. 9. To wind or fold up or together, as a pliant or flexible object; to roll or gather up in successive layers; = lap v.² 2. Occasionally with up or together. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > fold up or roll up wrapa1375 roll?a1425 wind?1523 to roll together1525 to roll up1530 fold1561 to wind up1590 furdel1594 to fold up1621 uproll1623 furla1657 telescope1844 concertina1891 accordion1897 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2421 As bliue þe bere schinnes from here bodi þei hent, & wiȝtly wrapped hem to-gadere. 14.. Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. (BL Add.) xviii. ix. f. 266^v/2 Alle kynde of serpentes and addres þat by kynde may wrappe and folde his owne body. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings ii. 8 Then toke Elias his cloke, and wrapped it together. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. ii. B v For saie thei, the begynner of thinges visible, wrapped vp bothe heauen and earth..togither in one paterne. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A5 The vgly monster.., Wrapping vp her wrethed sterne arownd, Lept fierce vpon his shield. 1600 in Lyly's Wks. (1902) I. 416 Can there be miste or darkenes where you are, whose beames wrappes up cloudes as whirlewindes dust? 1608 Great Frost sig. B3 The Westerne Barges might now wrap vp their smoakie Sayles, for..their voyage was spoyld. 1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 304 Thunder is..an exhalation..thickened and wraped into a cloud. 1662 R. Venables Experienc'd Angler v. 61 Bream loveth red worms, especially those that [lie]..wrapped up in a knot or round Clue. figurative.c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) ii. met. vii. 60 Deeþ wrappeþ to gidre þe heye heuedes and þe lowe.a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Lament. i. 14 Wakide the ȝoc of my wickenesses in his hond, wrappid thei ben togidere, and leid on my necke.1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles i. 82 Wayte well my wordis, and wrappe hem togedir.a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 2 In these fewe lines, I haue wrapped vp, the most tedious part of Grammer.1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 337 For end, he wisheth malicious..persons a better spirit..and so wrappeth vp all with commendations.1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 132 Some haue in readinesse so many Tales and Stories, as there is Nothing, they would insinuate, but they can wrap it into a Tale.a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) I. 273 In all this, thou dost but wrap up a snow-ball upon a coal of fire.reflexive.1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Torqueo The scalie serpent wrappeth himselfe in rounde rundels. 10. a. To fold, wind, or roll (a covering, garment, or the like) about a person, etc.; to arrange or dispose (a wrapping, etc.) so as to cover or envelop; = lap v.² 1. Usually with adverbs or prepositions, esp. about, around, round.Somewhat rare before c1790. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > wrap (a wrapping) lapa1300 wrapc1400 scarf1604 c1400 Rom. Rose 7368 A large couerechief of threde She wrapped all aboute hir heede. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Intortus His garment wrapped rounde about his lefte arme. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. I2 His garment.., The which his naked sides he wrapt abouts. 1636 H. Blount Voy. Levant 19 The Levantines used to wrap white linnen about their heads. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote III. xi. iv. 198 Unto the old Incumbent at his gate.., His banyan, with silver clasp, wrapt round His shrinking paunch. 1796 S. T. Coleridge Away, those Cloudy Looks vi There shiv'ring sad,..Round his tir'd limbs to wrap the purple vest. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby i. 4 The warder..wraps his shaggy mantle round. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. vi. 45 Wrapping my plaid around me, I wandered up towards Charmoz. 1882 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 309/1 Dick..wrapped the heavy coat around her and held her in his arms. figurative and in extended use.1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion iv. 145 Thou—who didst wrap the cloud Of Infancy around us. View more context for this quotationa1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury xxxvi, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 307 The God wraps a purple atmosphere Around his shoulders.1865 S. Baring-Gould Bk. Were-wolves x. 160 Among many..people, the body is regarded as a mere garment wrapped around the soul. b. To twist or coil (a pliable or flexible substance, etc.) round, about, or on something; to twine. Also reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > coil round (something) > coil (something) round or upon itself windc1325 wrap?1523 to roll up1530 wreathe1530 upwind1560 twist1582 twinec1585 circumvolute1599 bottom1612 rolla1616 overwhelm1634 ?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xl Cutte the settes..the more halfe a sondre..and wrappe and wynde them togyder. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jonah ii. 5 The depe laye aboute me, and the wedes were wrapte aboute myne heade. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Job viii. 17 The rotes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 390 Woodbine hath many small branches, whereby it windeth and wrappeth itself about trees. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Turban About this [cap] is wrapp'd a long Piece of fine, thin Linnen or Cotton. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. xxxix. 310 Again she wrapped her arms about me. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 119 The Screw of Archimedes..is formed by wrapping a tube round a cylinder. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxviii. 129 ‘What did you wrap this round the book for?’ said St. Clare, holding up the crape. 1854 R. Blakey Angling 60 A strong peg..on which..the line can be wrapped. 11. a. intransitive (for reflexive) . To twine, encircle, or wreathe round or about something as or in the manner of a wrapper or cover; = lap v.² 1b. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (intransitive)] circumvolve1607 wrap1608 wrapper1885 1608 Relation Trav. W. Bush D j b The Vyne so loueth the Elme by nature that it wrappeth more kindely about it. 1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xiii. 223 A Flat Leather Thong, which wrapping close and tight about the Rowler..commands it the easier. 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 27 Sept. 2/2 Well, and Conscience,..when you have once boil'd it tender in the Pipkin of Reformation, it will wrap about your Finger like a Glove. 1838 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 272/1 [With] the formation of the extreme end of the breakwater.. it would be next to impossible for a sea to warp or wrap around it. 1855 D. T. Ansted in Orr's Circle Sci.: Inorg. Nature 55 Gneiss is often found wrapping round the central granitic axis of mountain chains. b. Of a garment: to extend over the figure, etc., so as to cover it, or form a lap. (Cf. lap v.² 8.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [verb (intransitive)] > cover or fasten in specific way lace1792 wrap1798 1798 Lady's Monthly Museum Nov. 397 The gown, wrapping over one side,..drawn up a little with white cord. 1827 Lady's Mag. Nov. 621/1 Mantles..well wadded, capacious, and wrapping well over the form, are much in request. 12. to wrap (oneself) (a)round (an item of food or drink): to eat or drink it. Occasionally with non-reflexive direct object, to make (another) eat or drink. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > [verb (transitive)] brookc950 abiteOE haveOE afangOE takec1175 notea1200 usec1300 spendc1380 consumec1400 partake1602 pree1680 discuss1751 tuck1784 to put down1795 to be (also go) at the ——1796 go1830 kill1833 to put away1839 down1852 to put over1880 to wrap (oneself) (a)round1880 shift1896 1880 J. C. Harris Uncle Remus: Songs & Sayings xv. 219 She cut me off er slishe..an' I sot down on de steps an' wrop myse'f roun' de whole blessid chunk. 1927 D. L. Sayers Unnatural Death xii. 136 Lord Peter, having wrapped himself affectionately round an abnormal quantity of bacon and eggs, strolled out. 1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) xviii. 305 I bet they had to wrap Alec round a few beers before they got him up to the mark. 1959 G. Endore Detour through Devon 3 Wrap yourself around a cup of coffee. 1962 ‘A. Lejeune’ Duel in Shadows ii. 25 I shall be glad to get indoors and wrap myself round a large drink. 13. To crash (a vehicle) into a stationary object. Const. around, round. slang. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [verb (transitive)] > crash a vehicle > in specific manner sideswipe1891 wrap1950 rear-end1965 1950 J. D. MacDonald Brass Cupcake (1955) x. 105 I took a car off the street and wrapped it around an oak tree. 1958 ‘J. Brogan’ Cummings Rep. xvii. 183 Steady, or you'll have us both wrapped round a telegraph pole if you're not careful. 1969 L. G. Arthur in A. E. Wilkerson Rights of Children (1973) 132 If a child wraps a stolen car around a telephone pole, is $2,000.00 restitution..an excessive fine? 1984 Times 19 May 8/1 The men towing the boat from one training venue to another wrapped it round a traffic light. Draft additions April 2010 transitive. Computing. In word processing, text editing, etc.: to shift (a word too long to fit at the end of a line) to the beginning of the next line; to format (text) in this way. Also intransitive, of text, a word, etc. Frequently with to. Cf. word wrap n. ΚΠ 1981 H. Glatzer Introd. Word Processing vi. 67 Word processors wrap words automatically. 1990 N. Stern & R. A. Stern Computing iii. 57 When you type using a word processing package, text you are keying in a paragraph wraps around to [the] next line when it reaches the end of the current line. 1992 M. Mincberg WordPerfect for Windows made Easy iii. 56 WordPerfect automatically senses the end of each line and ‘wraps’ the next word down to the beginning of a new line. 2007 T. Padova Adobe Acrobat 8 PDF Bible 97 When you reflow text onscreen or when using other devices, the text in the PDF wraps according to the zoom level of the page. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > see also also refers to : wrap-comb. form < n.c1460v.13.. see also
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