I. verb (wrapped; wrapping)
Etymology: Middle English wrappen
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1. to cover especially by winding or folding, to envelop and secure for transportation or storage ; bundle , enfold , embrace , to coil, fold, draw, or twine (as string or cloth) around something,
2. surround , envelop , to suffuse or surround with an aura or state , to involve completely ; engross , to conceal or obscure as if by enveloping, to enclose as if with a protective covering, to finish filming or recording , intransitive verb to wind, coil, or twine so as to encircle or cover something, to put on clothing ; dress , to be subject to covering, enclosing, or packaging, to come to completion in filming or recording,
II. noun
Date: 15th century
1. a. wrapper , wrapping , material used for wrapping , an article of clothing that may be wrapped around a person, blanket , a treatment for the care of the skin in which material (as hot wet cloth or seaweed) is wrapped around the entire body, a single turn or convolution of something wound around an object,
3. plural restraint , a shroud of secrecy , the completion of a schedule or session for filming or recording,
III. adjective
Date: 1923
wraparound 1