Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: wrap
IPA transcription: [ɹ'æp]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: wrap, wrapper
    Meaning: cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: wrap, wrap_up
    Meaning: arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby before taking her out"; "Wrap the present"
  • Synonyms: wind, wrap, roll, twine
    Meaning: arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"
  • Synonyms: envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose
    Meaning: enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house"
Usage examples
  • Wrap up like a mummy.
  • Why don't they wrap it up?"
  • Wrap it up in a paper, and throw it away.
  • Wrap yourself up warm, for the night is cold."
  • David would wrap the wet towel around the Phoenix's neck.
  • Oak-leaves, roughly joined by a few threads, wrap it all round.
  • They wrap their eggs in a mineral shell held together with silk.
  • When you take the loaves from the oven wrap them in a bread-cloth."
  • Lay a very thin slice of salt pork on each fish and wrap in buttered paper.
  • "Wait till I get something to wrap him in so I won't get all stuck up with the candy."