Wrap

rap, v.t. to roll or fold together: to enfold: hide: to cover by winding something round (often with up):— pr.p. wrap′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. wrapped.— n. a wrapper, as a shawl, .— ns. Wrap′page , act of wrapping: things used as wrappers; Wrap′per , one who, or that which, wraps: a loose outer garment of a woman; Wrap′ping ; Wrap′-ras′cal , a loose greatcoat worn about 1740 (a humorous term).— Wrapped up in , bound up in: engro ed with: comprised in. [A form of warp —M. E. wrappen , also wlappen . Cf. Lap (v.t. to wrap) and Envelop .]