wrapping

«wrapping» in Mova's school dictionary: paper, plastic or other material used to cover or pack… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (wrapping, wrappings); also the -ing form of the verb «wrap» (wrap, wraps, wrapped, wrapping)

meaning for a pupil

1) Wrapping is paper, plastic or other material used to cover or pack something. tree →

2) Wrapping is putting paper or cloth around something to cover it, such as a present. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, «wrapping paper» covers presents for birthdays and festivals. In environment lessons, pupils learn to reuse wrapping and avoid too much plastic wrapping. In maths, wrapping a box is linked to surface area: the paper needed covers every face. Phrases: «wrapping paper», «gift wrapping», «plastic wrapping».

examples

• We were wrapping presents all evening. tree →
• Choose some wrapping paper with stars on it. tree →
• Throw the plastic wrapping in the recycling bin if it can be recycled. tree →
• The sandwich came in paper wrapping. tree →
• To wrap a box, you need enough paper to cover all six faces. tree →
• She tore off the wrapping to see her gift. tree →
• The prince picked it up, and, wrapping it round with a thick cloth, hid it in his bosom. tree →

note

From «wrap», with double p: wrapped, wrapping. The w is silent («RAP-ing»). Homophone trap: «rapping» means speaking to a beat in rap music, or knocking.

In the corpora

• They have no venom; they hunt by grabbing prey and wrapping it in their coils, which is why they are called constrictors.

Trees and pragmatics

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