wrap

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To cover something completely by folding paper, cloth, or other material around it.

   Christmas gifts are usually wrapped in colourful paper.

2. 2
   verb

   To put something soft around a person or thing for warmth or protection.

   You should wrap the baby up before taking her out.

3. 3
   verb

   To wind or coil something around an object.

   A snake wraps itself around its prey.

4. 4
   verb

   To finish filming a movie, show, or scene.

   To stay on budget, let's make sure we wrap by ten.

From Middle English wrappen (“to wrap, fold”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to North Frisian wrappe (“to press into; stop up”), dialectal Danish vrappe (“to stuff, cram”), Middle Low German rincworpen (“to envelop, wrap”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, scrunch the face”), all perhaps tied to Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist, bend”). Compare also similar-sounding and similar-meaning Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, lap, envelop, fold”), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up”), Old Italian goluppare (“to wrap”) (from Germanic). Doublet of lap; related to envelop,…

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