Meaning

7 senses
  1. (transitive)To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.

    Christmas gifts are commonly known to be wrapped in paper.

    wickeln, einwickeln, einpacken

    завора́чиватьzavoráčivatʹ, заверну́тьzavernútʹ, обора́чиватьoboráčivatʹ

    завертат́иzavertat́y, заверну́тиzavernúty, обгорта́тиobhortáty

    enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering

  2. (transitive)To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.

    A snake wraps itself around its prey.

    schlingen

    arrange or coil around

  3. (figuratively, transitive)To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.

    hüllen, einhüllen

  4. (intransitive, transitive)To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.

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

    Dreharbeiten beenden

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

    I wrapped the text so that I wouldn't need to scroll to the right to read it.

  6. (transitive)To make functionality available through a software wrapper.

  7. (intransitive, transitive)To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.

    The row counter wraps back to zero when no more rows can be inserted.

Examples

492 sentences
  1. Can you gift-wrap this, please?

    Ви не могли би загорнити це у подарунковий папір, будь ласка? — deniko

    ruНе могли бы вы завернуть это в подарочную бумагу, пожалуйста? — Lenin_1917

    deKönnten Sie das hier bitte in Geschenkpapier einschlagen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Have you wrapped all your Christmas presents?

    Ти вже загорнув всі різдвяні подарунки? — deniko

  3. Please wrap it up.

    Будь ласка, заверніть це. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, заверните это. — stariy

    deBitte einpacken. — Esperantostern

  4. Please gift-wrap this.

    Загорніть це у подарунковий папір, будь ласка. — deniko

  5. Could you gift wrap it?

    Ви можете завернути це в подарунковий папір? — ChickenKiev

    ruВы можете завернуть подарок? — Hellerick

    deKönnten Sie es als Geschenk einpacken? — Zaghawa

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to enclose completely in fabric, paper, etc:
Русский
By meaning 1
to enclose completely in fabric, paper, etc:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
to enclose completely in fabric, paper, etc:
to enclose or coil around an object or organism:
figuratively: to conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide:
to finish shooting a video, television show, or movie:

Origin

From Middle English wrappen (“to wrap, fold”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Nor

From Middle English wrappen (“to wrap, fold”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to North Frisian wrappe (“to press into; stop up”), dialectal Danish vrappe (“to stuff, cram”), Middle Low German rincworpen (“to envelop, wrap”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, scrunch the face”), all perhaps tied to Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist, bend”).

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Forms

wraps, wrapping, wrapped, wrapped
Base formwrap · to wrap
3rd person singularwraps
Present participlewrapping
Past simplewrapped
Past participlewrapped

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywrap
he, she, itwraps

Past simpleLesson

all personswrapped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave wrapped
he, she, ithas wrapped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wrap

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

12 synonyms
enclose in fabric, paper, etc:lapB2enfoldenswatheenvelop
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

12 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • gift wrap
  • wrapped a towel
  • wrapped the present
  • please wrap

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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