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 →

2) To wrap also means to put something like your arms or a scarf around someone. tree →

3) A wrap is a thin flat bread rolled around a filling. tree →

4) A wrap can be a shawl or blanket, or a material for wrapping, like bubble wrap. tree →

5) To wrap up means to finish, or to dress warmly. tree →

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 →
• Wrap up warm; it's freezing outside. tree →
• She wrapped her arms around her dog. tree →
• I had a chicken wrap for lunch. tree →
• Wrap the sandwiches in foil. tree →
• The nurse wrapped a bandage around my ankle. tree →
• Pop the bubble wrap! tree →
• Let's wrap up the lesson with a quiz. tree →
• I have no cloth to wrap me. tree →

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.
• A cow wraps its long rough tongue round grass because it has no top front teeth, only a hard pad.
• Leafcutter bees wrap their rooms in neat circles cut from rose leaves.
• They have no venom; they hunt by grabbing prey and wrapping it in their coils, which is why they are called constrictors.
• Calling someone stupid or mad to their face is rude and hurts, so people wrap the idea in softer or funnier words.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «wrap» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.