wrapped
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 →
2) Holding something by folding arms around it: "She wrapped her arms around her mum." tree →
3) "Wrapped up in" means busy or very interested in something. tree →
4) "Wrapped up" also means dressed warmly. tree →
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 →
- The sandwiches are wrapped in foil. tree →
- She wrapped her scarf around her neck. tree →
- Stay wrapped up warm in the snow. tree →
- He was so wrapped up in his book that he missed the bus. tree →
- The nurse wrapped a bandage around my ankle. tree →
- He is wrapped in yellow linen, and embalmed with spices. tree →
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.
- Put a cold pack wrapped in a cloth on a bruise for a few minutes, because cold reduces swelling and pain.
- A bruise gets a cold pack wrapped in a cloth for a few minutes, because cold reduces swelling and pain.
- A bruise is cooled with a cold pack wrapped in a cloth.
- For a bruise, put a cold pack wrapped in a cloth on it for a few minutes; cold reduces swelling and pain.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «wrapped» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.