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Definition of: wrap
(rap) v. wrapped or wrapt, wrap·ping v.t.
1. To surround and cover by something folded or wound about; swathe; enwrap.
2. To cover with paper, etc., folded about and secured.
3. To wind or fold (a covering) about something.
4. To surround so as to obscure; blot out or conceal; envelop.
5. To fold, wind, or draw together.
—v.i.
6. To be or become twined or coiled: with about, around, etc.
—noun
1. An article of dress drawn or folded about a person; a wrapper.
2. plural Outer garments collectively, as cloaks, scarfs, etc.
3. A blanket. [ME wrappen; origin uncertain]
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