wrap sth around sb/sth
UK also wrap sth round sb/sth— phrasal verb with wrap uk/ræp/us/ræp/verb [ T ] -pp-
to put a piece of clothing or material around someone or something, usually to keep them or it warm:
It was so cold that he wrapped a scarf tightly around his face.
to put part of your body, such as your fingers or arms, tightly around something or someone:
She wrapped her arms around her knees.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- box sb/sth in
- dunk
- fence sth in
- fence sth off
- flood
- gather
- gift-wrap
- gift-wrapped
- steep
- surround
- swallow
- wall sth off
- wound 1
- wrap
- wrap (sb) up
- wrapped
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