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wrapped

ræpt
WordNet
Mary sits on a lawn between trees, her left arm loosely wrapped around the Christ child, lovingly embracing a lamb.
Mary sits on a lawn between trees, her left arm loosely wrapped around the Christ child, lovingly embracing a lamb.
  1. (adj) wrapped
    giving or marked by complete attention to "that engrossed look or rapt delight","then wrapped in dreams","so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare","rapt with wonder","wrapped in thought"
  2. (adj) wrapped
    covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak "leaf-clothed trees","fog-cloaked meadows","a beam draped with cobwebs","cloud-wrapped peaks"
  3. (adj) wrapped
    enclosed securely in a covering of paper or the like "gaily wrapped gifts"
Illustrations
Woman holding wrapped koto (Japanese string instrument), under black and white lantern, next to bamboo roller blind garden and illuminated restaurant in background; at night. (bijinga)
Woman holding wrapped koto (Japanese string instrument), under black and white lantern, next to bamboo roller blind garden and illuminated restaurant in background; at night. (bijinga)
The main street, Nakanocho of the Yoshiwara red light district. A man, with a cloth wrapped around his head to be unrecognizable, says goodbye to a courtesan who looks out the window. With two poems hidden in the starry sky.
The main street, Nakanocho of the Yoshiwara red light district. A man, with a cloth wrapped around his head to be unrecognizable, says goodbye to a courtesan who looks out the window. With two poems hidden in the starry sky.
A sleeping young man, wrapped in a robe, seated on a large ball and leaning against a wall, in his left hand a saber or sword. Around him on the ground a number of smaller bullets, a glove, a saddle and a helmet on a stand. Below the image two lines of Latin text.
A sleeping young man, wrapped in a robe, seated on a large ball and leaning against a wall, in his left hand a saber or sword. Around him on the ground a number of smaller bullets, a glove, a saddle and a helmet on a stand. Below the image two lines of Latin text.
Christ with the crown of thorns, partially wrapped in the purple robe of a soldier. He holds a reed stem in his hand. Next to Christ is a man with a broken reed stalk, in the background a group of soldiers is watching.
Christ with the crown of thorns, partially wrapped in the purple robe of a soldier. He holds a reed stem in his hand. Next to Christ is a man with a broken reed stalk, in the background a group of soldiers is watching.
High priests carry the body of Christ wrapped in the shroud to the tomb. The priests are accompanied by Mary and four other men.
High priests carry the body of Christ wrapped in the shroud to the tomb. The priests are accompanied by Mary and four other men.
Portrait of an unknown woman, profile to the right. A cloth is wrapped around her head and secured with a brooch.
Portrait of an unknown woman, profile to the right. A cloth is wrapped around her head and secured with a brooch.
Portrait bust to the right of an unknown woman. She has wrapped a cloth around her head and shoulders and is holding her hands to her chest.
Portrait bust to the right of an unknown woman. She has wrapped a cloth around her head and shoulders and is holding her hands to her chest.
Physician dressed in fur-collar cloak stands with a staff wrapped in snake and pomegranate in his hands. On his head, shoulders and staff sit a rooster, owl and bird of prey, in front of his feet sits a fantasy animal with a body of a dragon and a bird's head. A boy with the appearance of an Indian carries a cartouche with the title.
Physician dressed in fur-collar cloak stands with a staff wrapped in snake and pomegranate in his hands. On his head, shoulders and staff sit a rooster, owl and bird of prey, in front of his feet sits a fantasy animal with a body of a dragon and a bird's head. A boy with the appearance of an Indian carries a cartouche with the title.
Quotations
Harry Emerson Fosdick
A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.
Harry Emerson Fosdick
John Ruskin
When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package.
John Ruskin
Lady Bird Johnson
Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.
Lady Bird Johnson
Ralph Bunche
If you want to get across an idea, wrap it up in a person.
Ralph Bunche
Winston Churchill
Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. [About Russia]
Winston Churchill
Rudyard Kipling
He wrapped himself in quotations -- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.
Rudyard Kipling
Idioms

Wrap yourself in the flag - If someone wraps themselves in the flag, they pretend to be doing something for patriotic reasons or out of loyalty, but their real motives are selfish. ('Drape yourself in the flag' is an alternative form of this idiom)

Usage in the news

Celebrity Wrap-Up: July 9, 2012. lasvegassun.com

Celebrity Wrap-Up: Sept 17, 2012. lasvegassun.com

Between his "Saturday Night Live" days and his long list of feature films -- ranging from "Anchorman" and "Elf" to "Old School" and "The Other Guys" -- it's safe to say Will Ferrell has seen his share of wrap parties. nola.com

To wrap up more than 50 years in television at end of year. broadcastingcable.com

Barry Barth , vice president and general manager of Raycom's WFXG Augusta (Ga.) since 2003, is retiring at the end of the year, when he wraps up more than a half century in television. broadcastingcable.com

Wrapping up the 19th day of training camp and the key storylines. espn.go.com

Wrapping up the 18th day of training camp and the key storylines. espn.go.com

Wrap Up The Week On "The Brite Side". kfmx.com

Wrapping it up with a bronze would mean a lot. espn.go.com

Instead of buttoning your sweater, wrap one. blackenterprise.com

The festival concludes with a wrap party at the Buccaneer Sunday night at 9 pm. commercialappeal.com

Cav Swag Hits the Weekend Wrap Up. fxl.com

'Another Thing' Wraps With Songs Of Housework Woe. gbh.org

Sikorsky CH-53K Wraps Up CDR. aviationtoday.com

The Mets won 2-1 in 14 innings, wrapping it up shortly after 1 am EDT. ashingtonpost.com

Usage in scientific papers

The Kaluza-Klein modes (n 6= 0) along the wrapped direction ρ are packed into the off-diagonal elements of the matrix variables (k 6= l).
Perturbative dynamics of matrix string for the membrane

Since Type IIA strings can be considered as wrapped membranes, the matrix regularization by Sekino and Yoneya may be derived by closely examining this figure.
Perturbative dynamics of matrix string for the membrane

We would like to express a membrane wrapped around a compactified direction x9 using these D0-branes.
Perturbative dynamics of matrix string for the membrane

Since we are interested in the limit N → ∞, this fact implies that the very infrared dynamics of matrix string theory describes the world volume theory of wrapped membranes.
Perturbative dynamics of matrix string for the membrane

Hence, in order to describe wrapped membranes, we need to study the strongly coupled gauge theory.
Perturbative dynamics of matrix string for the membrane

Usage in literature

She got off the bed, wrapped her little pink garment around her, and stole across the hall to her mother's room. "By the Light of the Soul" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

She put the sapphire back in its box, wrapped it, tied the string carefully and called Mandy. "The Trumpeter Swan" by Temple Bailey

Mrs. Armine wrapped her cloak suddenly round her. "Bella Donna" by Robert Hichens

She was not more wrapped up in the baby than she was in Dr. Gardner and his metaphysics. "The Helpmate" by May Sinclair

Susan Jenks came in with her arms full of wraps. "Contrary Mary" by Temple Bailey

She wrapped her cloak closely around the child. "The Portion of Labor" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

On they came, carriage after carriage, the men dripping, the women hidden away under their wrappings. "The Bridal March; One Day" by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

They lay in the cellar just wrapped up. "Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916" by Various

She put the sapphire back in its box, wrapped it, tied the string carefully and called Mandy. "The Trumpeter Swan" by Temple Bailey

From end to end cotton threads were drawn lengthwise, and here Zashue wove a cotton wrap day after day. "The Delight Makers" by Adolf Bandelier

Usage in poetry
But sudden there came a cloud,
Out rung a nation's knell;
Our cause was wrapped in its winding shroud,
All fell when the great Lee fell.
"Sentinel Songs" by Abram Joseph Ryan Author object (8)
Till you are beautiful as Time
Mossy and mellowing ever makes:
Wrapped as you are in lull--or rhyme
Of sounding drum that sudden breaks.
"Shinto" by Cale Young Rice Author object (85)
To see the drunkard smile in state,
In purple wrapt, with myrtle crowned,
While Jesus lieth at the gate
With only rags to wrap him round.
"Charity" by Victor Marie Hugo Author object (669)
No: not all are wrapped in slumber;
At yon chamber window stands
One whose years can scarce outnumber
The tears that dew his clasped hands.
"Gloomily the Clouds" by Anne Bronte Author object (43)
And when he neither moved nor spoke
And did not heed the morning call,
They laid him underneath the wall
And wrapped him in a purple cloak.
"To His Love Instead Of A Promised Picture-Book" by Edward Powys Mathers
His spirit wrapped the mantling air,
Of old, around our infant Earth,
And, on her bosom warm and fair,
Gave her young lord his joyous birth.
"Hymns and Odes for Charity Occasions X" by John Pierpont Author object (391)