wrap

verb

1. (transitive)To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.

   “Christmas gifts are commonly known to be wrapped in paper.”

   “I then dried these over a flame, and then, wrapping the formes and re-sealing them with my court seals — for my only commission, you see, was to report as to whether the type was unpied, and text ungarbled, and the formes all ready […]”

2. (transitive)To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.

   “A snake wraps itself around its prey.”

   “Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch / About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.”

   “The prehistoric caribou they had already liberated was wrapped in a space blanket and carefully tied to a sled. The Science Foundation team had then moved on to a deep translucent blue seam in the ice that proved to be a window on the rest of the ungulant herd standing poised in suspended animation, as if waiting for time to start again.”

3. (figuratively, transitive)To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.

   “wise poets that wrap truth in tales”

4. (intransitive, transitive)To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.

   “To avoid going over budget, let's make sure we wrap by ten. (compare wrap up 2)”

5. (transitive, usually)To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line

   “I wrapped the text so that I wouldn't need to scroll to the right to read it.”

6. (transitive)To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
7. (intransitive, transitive)To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.

   “The row counter wraps back to zero when no more rows can be inserted.”

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.
2. (countable, uncountable)Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.

   “The media theorist Peter Lunenfeld[…] says illustrative art is often used to defang threatening technology. He compares the Waymo wraps to Google Doodles, which distract people while they are using a complex and opaque search engine algorithm that is “almost fully beyond our ken.””

3. (countable, uncountable)A loose piece of women's clothing that one wraps around the body; a shawl or scarf.
4. (archaic, countable, in-plural, uncountable)An outer garment worn as protection while riding, travelling etc.

   “‘I see you have had our Lowick Cicero here,’ she said, seating herself comfortably, throwing back her wraps, and showing a thin but well-built figure.”

5. (countable, uncountable)A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
6. (countable, uncountable)The completion of all or a major part of a performance.

   “But she could knock off right after the wrap, have dinner, and take a later flight.”

   “The first time I met him is when we went to the – after the wrap party, we went to a little sound room – or a little screening room and watched the preview”

   “And that's a wrap on "News Watch." For Judy, Jim, Cal and Kirsten, I'm Jon Scott. We'll see you again next week.'”

7. (countable, uncountable)A wraparound mortgage.
8. (countable, uncountable)A complete news report ready for broadcast, incorporating spoken reporting and other material.

   “This is a news report from the scene of the event. When a voicer and an actuality are combined into one complete story, it's known as a wrap.”

   “Attend a news conference, and prepare a wrap or package.”

9. (countable, uncountable)The act of wrapping.

   “Give the present a quick wrap before James sees it.”

   “I started out by wrapping the first thread around a ruler for 1 inch and found that it had 24 wraps to the inch.”

10. (countable, slang, uncountable)A straight draw in which there are more than 8 outs to complete the straight, especially in Omaha hold 'em.
11. (Australia, alt-of, alternative, informal)Alternative spelling of rap (“appraisal”).