wrap

Definition

  • verb: to cover (something) by winding or folding a piece of material around it
  • verb: to cover especially by winding or folding
  • often + 'up, in', or 'with'
  • synonyms: transport, involve, infold

Examples

  • She has him 'wrapped around her little finger'. [=she controls him completely; he always does what she wants him to do]

  • I was (completely) 'wrapped up in' my work, so I didn't hear you come in.

  • The teacher quickly 'wrapped up' her lecture toward the end of class.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Hello, hello, Beau. Daddy, Daddy! Where have you been? I've been waiting for you all morning. Well, I've been hunting for a rabbit skin to wrap my little Bonnie in. Give your best sweetheart a kiss. I'm going to take you on a long trip to fairyland! Where? Where? I'm going to show you the Tower (..)
    1939 Gone with the Wind