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Wrap up
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- 1 To cover or enclose (something) by folding and securing a covering entirely around it. intransitive, transitive
"He wrapped up the parcel with brown paper."
- 2 clothe, as if for protection from the elements wordnet
- 3 To conclude or finish completely. idiomatic, intransitive, transitive
"Let me wrap up this project before I begin a new one."
- 4 form a cylinder by rolling wordnet
- 5 To summarize or recapitulate. idiomatic, intransitive, transitive
"The newscaster wrapped up the day's events."
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- 6 finish a task completely wordnet
- 7 To put on abundant clothing as protection from the cold; to bundle up. idiomatic, intransitive, transitive
"It's a cold, snowy day and I'm going to wrap up thoroughly before I go sledding."
- 8 arrange or fold as a cover or protection wordnet
- 9 To cocoon; to surround protectively. figuratively, idiomatic, intransitive, transitive
"It is time once again to just let it be; let love wrap you up and take care of you."
- 10 To tie up; to make too busy to respond. figuratively, idiomatic, transitive
"And if you haven't seen these things the technicians can absolutely wrap you up in details, and you never find your way out."
- 11 To combine, incorporate or encapsulate into one thing. transitive
"With all this wrapped up into one compact machine, it's easy to see why the versatile veteran has become a Champion of the Underground!"
- 12 To hide or cover up. figuratively, transitive
"In briefe, all bookes, divinitie except, Are nought but tales of the divels lawes, Poyson wrapt up in sugred words, Mans pride, damnations props, the worlds abuse."
- 13 To curl into a more compact form. intransitive, transitive
"Whereas most people open their front doors to find a nicely wrapped newspaper in the morning, Felix found a sleeping armadillo wrapped up into a protective ball."
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