Usually means: Cover or enclose with material.
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We found 45 dictionaries that define the word wrap:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. wrap: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. wrap: Merriam-Webster
  3. wrap: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. wrap: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. wrap: Collins English Dictionary
  6. wrap: Vocabulary.com
  7. Wrap, wrap: Wordnik
  8. wrap: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. wrap: Wiktionary
  10. wrap: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. wrap: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. wrap: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. wrap: Dictionary.com
  14. wrap (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. wrap: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. The Wrap, The wrap, WRAP (AM), WRAP (Norfolk), WRAP, Wrap (clothing), Wrap (filming), Wrap (filmmaking), Wrap (food), Wrap (sandwich), Wrap: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Wrap: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. wrap: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. wrap: Rhymezone
  20. Wrap: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. wrap: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. WRAP: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. wrap: FreeDictionary.org
  24. wrap: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. wrap: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)
  2. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  3. Movie Terminology Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wrap: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wrap: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Wrap: MedFriendly Glossary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. wrap: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. WRAP: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. wrap: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. wrap, wrap, wrap: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. wrap: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. wrap: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. WRAP: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  3. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  4. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
verb:  (transitive) To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
verb:  (transitive or intransitive, video production) To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.
verb:  (transitive, lines, words, text, etc.) To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line
verb:  (computing, transitive) To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
verb:  (transitive or intransitive) To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.
noun:  Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.
noun:  A loose piece of women's clothing that one wraps around the body; a shawl or scarf.
noun:  (chiefly in the plural, now rare) An outer garment worn as protection while riding, travelling etc.
noun:  A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
noun:  (entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
noun:  A wraparound mortgage.
noun:  (television, radio) A complete news report ready for broadcast, incorporating spoken reporting and other material.
noun:  The act of wrapping
noun:  (Australia, informal) Alternative spelling of rap (“appraisal”) [(countable) A sharp blow with something hard.]

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