Wrap definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary WRAP, v.t. pret. and pp. wrapped or wrapt. 1. To ... cover by winding something round; often with up; as, to wrap up a child in its blanket; wrap the body well with flannel in winter. I, wrapt in ... cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person [syn: wrap, wrapper] 2: a sandwich in which the filling is rolled ... paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped [syn: wrapping, wrap, wrapper] v 1: arrange or fold as a cover ...
wrap up definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby before taking her out"; "Wrap the present" [syn: wrap, wrap up] [ant: undo, unwrap] 2: finish a task completely; "I finally got through this homework assignment" [syn: get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, ...
Saran Wrap definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a thin plastic film made of saran (trade name Saran Wrap) that sticks to itself; used for wrapping food [syn: cling film, clingfilm, Saran Wrap] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Saran wrap is a thin, clear, stretchy plastic which you use to ...
shrink-wrap definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the clinging ... shrinkwrap something Merriam Webster's transitive verb Date: 1959 to wrap (as a book or meat) in tough clear plastic film ... as by heating) to form a tightly fitting package • shrink-wrap noun
plastic wrap definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: wrapping consisting ... thin transparent sheet of plastic Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Plastic wrap is a thin, clear, stretchy plastic which you use to ... to keep it fresh. (AM; in BRIT, use clingfilm) = Saran wrap
... muffling) Etymology: Middle English muflen Date: 15th century 1. to wrap up so as to conceal or protect ; envelop 2. obsolete blindfold 3. a. to wrap or pad with something to dull the sound < muffle the ... 1. v. & n. --v.tr. 1 (often foll. by up) wrap or cover for warmth. 2 cover or wrap up (a source of sound) to reduce its loudness. 3 ... LL. muffula, OD. moffel a muff. See Muff.] 1. To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising ...
... a covering; "Fog enveloped the house" [syn: envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose] Merriam Webster's transitive verb Etymology: Middle English envolupen, from Anglo-French envoluper, envoleper, from en- + voluper to wrap Date: 14th century 1. to enclose or enfold completely with ... v.tr. (enveloped, enveloping) 1 (often foll. by in) a wrap up or cover completely. b make obscure; conceal (was enveloped ... voluper, voleper. See Develop.] To put a covering about; to wrap up or in; to inclose within a case, wrapper, integument ... Dictionary of English Synonyms I. v. a. 1. Enfold, inwrap, wrap, fold, wrap up, put a wrapper about. 2. Surround, encircle, encompass, ...
... boards, is to lay one partly over another. 2. To wrap or twist round. I lapped a slender thread about the ... 2 tr. (often foll. by about, round) coil, fold, or wrap (a garment etc.) round esp. a person. 3 tr. (usu ... cf. also OE. wlappen, perh. another form of wrappen, E, wrap.] 1. To fold; to bend and lay over or on ... something; as, to lap a piece of cloth. 2. To wrap or wind around something. About the paper . . . I lapped several ... I. v. a. 1. Fold, turn over, lay over. 2. Wrap, cover, twist round. 3. Lick, lick up, take up with ... veneer, verge, wafer, walk, wash, washing, wheel, whisper, window dressing, wrap, wrap about, wrap up, yacht race
... rollers; as, to swathe a child. 1. To bind or wrap. Their children are never swathed or bound about with any ... n 1: an enveloping bandage [syn: swathe, wrapping] v 1: wrap in swaddling clothes; "swaddled the infant" [syn: swaddle, swathe] Merriam ... from Old English swathian Date: 12th century 1. to bind, wrap, or swaddle with or as if with a bandage 2 ... 3. To swathe someone or something in cloth means to wrap them in it completely. She swathed her enormous body in ... splice, strap, surround, swaddle, tie, tie up, tire, truss, wire, wrap, wrap about, wrap up