Definitions for wrapping

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wrapping wrap·ping

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IPA: /ˈræp ɪŋ/

Wrapping is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 168 anagrams from letters in wrapping (aginpprw).

Definitions for wrapping

noun

1. Often, wrappings. the covering in which something is wrapped.
2. something to be wrapped about the person, especially in addition to the usual indoor clothing, as a shawl, scarf, or sweater:
3. a beauty treatment in which a part or all of the body is covered with cream, lotion, herbs, or the like and then wrapped snugly with cloth.
4. a sheer silk or linen fabric glued to the fingernails to repair or strengthen them.
5. a piece of thin, flat bread wrapped around a filling and eaten as a sandwich.
6. Movies, Television. the completion of photography on a film or an individual scene. the termination of a working day during the shooting of a film.

Idioms

1. under wraps, Informal. secret:
2. wrapped up in, intensely absorbed in: involved in; bound up with:

adjective

1. wraparound in style:

Verb phrases

1. wrap up, to conclude; finish work on:

verb (used with object)

1. to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up):
2. to enclose and make fast (an article, bundle, etc.) within a covering of paper or the like (often followed by up):
3. to wind, fold, or bind (something) about as a covering.
4. to protect with coverings, outer garments, etc. (usually followed by up).
5. to cover (fingernails) with a sheer silk or linen fabric, as to repair or strengthen them.
6. to surround, envelop, shroud, or hide.
7. to fold or roll up.
8. Movies, Television. to finish the filming of (a motion picture).

verb (used without object)

1. to wrap oneself (usually followed by up).
2. to become wrapped, as about something; fold.
3. Movies, Television. to complete the filming of a motion picture:

Origin of wrapping

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at wrap, -ing¹

Examples for wrapping

He was wrapping the beautiful smell again in the tissue wrappings.

And here I am in Texas, 40 years later, wrapping dresses on another generation of women.

He undid the wrapping of the lawyer's letter and, as he read, the blood went from his face.

That burst of cold—had it truly been liquid fires, wrapping him around?

Linda picked it up, untied the string, and slipped off the wrapping.

I focused on wrapping up pending obligations and getting out of America for a while.

The film was shot over 19 days, wrapping on Oct. 11 of last year.

To the devil with this dismal darkness, wrapping itself about one with a chill!

Wrapees was the term marines used for the Japanese because they had wrapping round their legs.

She made the design as a comment on the comforting nature of wrapping oneself in a rebozo.