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Noun: wrapping  ra-ping
  1. The covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped
    - wrap, wrapper
     
  2. An enveloping bandage
    - swathe
Verb: wrap (wrapped,wrapping)  rap
  1. Arrange or fold as a cover or protection
    "Wrap the present"; "wrap the baby before taking her out";
    - wrap up
     
  2. Arrange or coil around
    "She wrapped her arms around the child";
    - wind[2], roll, twine
     
  3. Surround, cover or wrap completely
    "Fog wrapped the house";
    - envelop, enfold, enwrap, enclose
     
  4. Crash into so as to coil around
    "The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant"

Sounds like: r

Derived forms: wrappings

See also: wrap up

Type of: bandage, cover, covering, crash, displace, move, patch

Antonym: unwrap

Encyclopedia: Wrapping

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