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# wrap

«wrap» in Mova's school dictionary: **to cover something by folding paper, cloth or plastic…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (wrap, wraps, wrapped, wrapping); noun (a wrap, wraps)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To wrap means to cover something by folding paper, cloth or plastic around it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrap/#m1)

2) To wrap also means to put something like your arms or a scarf around someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrap/#m2)

3) A wrap is a thin flat bread rolled around a filling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrap/#m3)

4) A wrap can be a shawl or blanket, or a material for wrapping, like bubble wrap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrap/#m4)

5) To wrap up means to finish, or to dress warmly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrap/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, people wrap presents for birthdays and holidays, and wrap sandwiches for lunch. In first aid, you wrap a bandage around a sprain. In winter, adults say «wrap up warm». In safety, plastic bags and wrap are not toys because they can block breathing. Phrases: wrapping paper, wrap up, bubble wrap, cling wrap (cling film), under wraps, that's a wrap.

### examples

- Let's wrap Mum's birthday present. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrap/#x1)
- Wrap up warm; it's freezing outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrap/#x2)
- She wrapped her arms around her dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrap/#x3)
- I had a chicken wrap for lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrap/#x4)
- Wrap the sandwiches in foil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrap/#x5)
- The nurse wrapped a bandage around my ankle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrap/#x6)
- Pop the bubble wrap! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrap/#x7)
- Let's wrap up the lesson with a quiz. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrap/#x8)
- I have no cloth to wrap me. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrap/#x9)

### note

Double the p: wrapped, wrapping. The w is silent: said like «rap». Do not confuse with «rap» (music or a knock). Wrapping paper is uncountable: «some wrapping paper», «a roll of wrapping paper».

### In the corpora

- [It is fun, but a lot of it is a small true thing with a big made-up story wrapped round it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo/1/)
- [A cow wraps its long rough tongue round grass because it has no top front teeth, only a hard pad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/96-the-petting-farm-goats-sheep-pigs-rabbits-and-washing-hands/12/)
- [Leafcutter bees wrap their rooms in neat circles cut from rose leaves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/305-bees-beyond-the-hive-bumblebees-solitary-bees-carpenter-bees-and-stingless-bees/4/)
- [They have no venom; they hunt by grabbing prey and wrapping it in their coils, which is why they are called constrictors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/321-big-snakes-pythons-boas-and-anacondas-and-how-big-they-really-get/1/)
- [Calling someone stupid or mad to their face is rude and hurts, so people wrap the idea in softer or funnier words.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/36-dim-and-round-the-bend/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wrap» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrap/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.