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# wrapped

«wrapped» in Mova's school dictionary: **Covered with paper, cloth or plastic folded around it** — 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 (past tense and past participle of wrap: wrap, wraps, wrapped, wrapping); adjective (wrapped)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Covered with paper, cloth or plastic folded around it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapped/#m1)

2) Holding something by folding arms around it: "She wrapped her arms around her mum." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapped/#m2)

3) "Wrapped up in" means busy or very interested in something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapped/#m3)

4) "Wrapped up" also means dressed warmly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapped/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, presents are wrapped in paper; food is wrapped to keep it fresh. In first aid, a cut may be wrapped in a bandage. In winter, children are told to stay wrapped up warm. Phrases: wrapped up, wrapped in, gift-wrapped, wrapped around.

### examples

- The present was wrapped in shiny paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapped/#x1)
- The sandwiches are wrapped in foil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapped/#x2)
- She wrapped her scarf around her neck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapped/#x3)
- Stay wrapped up warm in the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapped/#x4)
- He was so wrapped up in his book that he missed the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapped/#x5)
- The nurse wrapped a bandage around my ankle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapped/#x6)
- He is wrapped in yellow linen, and embalmed with spices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapped/#x7)

### note

The "w" is silent: said "rapt". Double p: wrapped. Do not confuse with "rapped" (knocked, or did a rap song), which sounds the same. "Wrap up" can also mean finish: "Let's wrap up the lesson."

### 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/)
- [Put a cold pack wrapped in a cloth on a bruise for a few minutes, because cold reduces swelling and pain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/84-bruises-bumps-nosebleeds-and-burns/4/)
- [A bruise gets a cold pack wrapped in a cloth for a few minutes, because cold reduces swelling and pain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun/10/)
- [A bruise is cooled with a cold pack wrapped in a cloth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/3/)
- [For a bruise, put a cold pack wrapped in a cloth on it for a few minutes; cold reduces swelling and pain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/290-first-aid-water-and-growing-up/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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