wrap

noun

1. Alternative spelling of rap (“appraisal”).

verb

Etymology: From Middle English wrappen (“to wrap, fold”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to North Frisian wrappe (“to press into; stop up”), dialectal Danish vrappe (“to stuff, cram”), Middle Low German rincworpen (“to envelop, wrap”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, scrunch the face”), all perhaps tied to Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist, bend”). Compare also similar-sounding and similar-meaning Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, lap, envelop, fold”), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up”), Old Italian goluppare (“to wrap”) (from Germanic). Doublet of lap; related to envelop, develop. Also compare Latin verber (“whip, lash”).

1. 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. 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.”

3. To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.

   “wise poets that wrap truth in tales”

4. 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. 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. To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
7. 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.”