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WRAPPING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An enveloping bandage
Synonyms:
swathe; wrapping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("wrapping" is a kind of...):
bandage; patch (a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body)
Derivation:
wrap (arrange or fold as a cover or protection)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped
Synonyms:
wrap; wrapper; wrapping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("wrapping" is a kind of...):
covering (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wrapping"):
envelope (any wrapper or covering)
film; plastic film (a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things)
gift wrapping (ornamental wrapping for gifts)
jacket (an outer wrapping or casing)
plastic wrap (wrapping consisting of a very thin transparent sheet of plastic)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb wrap
Context examples:
One of five superficial veins of the upper extremity, beginning at the radial aspect of the wrist area, wrapping around the forearm and emptying into the axillary vein.
(Cephalic Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
Reports related to the outer, protective wrapping of a device (e.g. a broken seal or ripping (compromised), lack of correct contents).
(Device Packaging Problem Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)
It involves the wrapping of the fundus of the stomach around the lower esophagus to strengthen the lower esophageal sphincter.
(Fundoplication, NCI Thesaurus)
You may be finishing a manuscript for publication or wrapping up a show you produced for television.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The kidnapper undid the bloody wrappings and looked at his lacerated hand.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Pile our things on her, while I get off these confounded skates, cried Laurie, wrapping his coat round Amy, and tugging away at the straps which never seemed so intricate before.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
But, to the little ones at least, this was denied: each hearth in the schoolroom was immediately surrounded by a double row of great girls, and behind them the younger children crouched in groups, wrapping their starved arms in their pinafores.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I gave several hours to the serious consideration of this difficulty, but I was obliged to relinquish all attempt to supply it, and wrapping myself up in my cloak, I struck across the wood towards the setting sun.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The nose and cheek strap worn by the woman and the trail- wrappings about her head allowed only a pair of black eyes to be seen.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Jo's breath gave out here, and wrapping her head in the paper, she bedewed her little story with a few natural tears, for to be independent and earn the praise of those she loved were the dearest wishes of her heart, and this seemed to be the first step toward that happy end.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
