Wrap

v. t.	1.	To snatch up; transport; - chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt. Lo! where the stripling, wrapt in wonder, roves. - Beattie.
	1.	[imp. & p. p. Wrapped or Wrapt; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrapping.]
	1.	To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds. Then cometh Simon Peter, . . . and seeth . . . the napkin that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. - John xx. 6, 7. Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. - Bryant.
	2.	To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; - often with up. I . . . wrapt in mist Of midnight vapor, glide obscure. - Milton.
	3.	To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by. Wise poets that wrap truth in tales. - Carew. To be wrapped up in to be wholly engrossed in; to be entirely dependent on; to be covered with. Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of her daughter. - Addison. Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . . are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable obscurity. - Locke.
n.	1.	A wrapper; - often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.

Noun	1.	wrap - cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person Synonyms: wrapper
	2.	wrap - a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla
	3.	wrap - the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped Synonyms: wrapping, wrapper
Verb	1.	wrap - arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby before taking her out"; "Wrap the present" Synonyms: wrap up Antonyms: unwrap, undo - remove the outer cover or wrapping of; "Let's unwrap the gifts!"; "undo the parcel"
	2.	wrap - wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool" Synonyms: twine, wind, roll
	3.	wrap - enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house" Synonyms: enclose, enfold, envelop, enwrap

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