wrap

wrap
1 verb (T)
1 to wind or fold cloth, paper etc around something: a present wrapped in shiny paper | wrap sth around sth/sb: Ella wrapped a thick coat around her shoulders. | wrap sth/sb in sth: Wrap the cake in tin foil.
2 if you wrap your arms, legs, fingers etc around something, you use them to hold it: Chloe sat with her arms wrapped round her knees.
—see also: wrap sb in cotton wool cotton wool (2) wrap up phrasal verb
1 (transitive wrap something up) to completely cover something by folding paper, cloth etc around it: I haven't even wrapped my presents up yet!
2 (I) to put on warm clothes: wrap up warm/well: Make sure you wrap up warm - it's freezing outside.
3 (transitive wrap something up) to finish or complete a job, meeting etc: The police will soon be wrapping up the investigation.
4 be wrapped up in your children/work etc to give so much of your attention to your children, your work etc that you do not have time for anything else
—see also: twist/wrap sb around your little finger finger 1 (13) 2 noun
1 (C) a piece of thick cloth that you wear around your shoulders
2 (U) AmE plastic used to cover food
3 keep sth under wraps to keep something secret
4 (singular) the end of a day's filming: OK everybody, it's a wrap!

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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