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wrapping

ˈræpɪŋ
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. (n) wrapping
    an enveloping bandage
  2. (n) wrapping
    the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped
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

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

The Wrap by Ron Judd. seattletimes.nwsource.com

The Holiday Week to wrap up 2011 will reach its climax with New Year's Eve celebrations across the world. sojo1049.com

What do you think of Shakira's wrap-around braided hairstyle. usmagazine.com

Shakira's Wrap-Around Braid : Love it or Hate It. usmagazine.com

Sports activities had finished for the year, and clubs and community service projects had wrapped up. gazette.com

The Fleetwood girls had a chance to wrap up Berks II. fmz.com

Or listen here for streaming audio: (Postgame wrap: Bettis, Cowher, Ward celebrate a Steelers victory;Tatupu, Jones and Alexander break down a Seahawks defeat). usatoday.com

Part 2' wraps franchise with expanded cast of characters . innipegfreepress.com

Gossip Girl Stars Celebrate At Wrap Party With Cake Fight. radaronline.com

Victoria's Secret takes the wraps off redesigned NYC flagship. chainstoreage.com

Filming on this season of Glee just wrapped, and Dianna (who plays Quinn on the show) decided to celebrate the summer break by chopping off her long, blonde locks. mmm-mag.com

'AOL squatter' takes wraps off new startup, Claco . mercurynews.com

Wrap your meat with plastic wrap and refrigerate. cw30.com

Prosciutto-Wrapped Shrimp with Arugula Salad for Two This recipe for jumbo shrimp wrapped in thin strips of prosciutto and served on a lemony bed of arugula is a. eatingwell.com

Usage in scientific papers

The zero mass conformal case is then simply a D7 wrapping the same equatorial S 3 for all values of the radial coordinate.
Chiral Transition of N=4 Super Yang-Mills with Flavor on a 3-Sphere

Take a D-brane wrapping a cycle Σ with a field strength F on it, then we say in the language of generalized complex geometry that the D-brane wraps the generalized cycle (Σ, F ).
Deformations of calibrated D-branes in flux generalized complex manifolds

If we consider type IIA SU (3) structure (symplectic) vacua, supersymmetric D6-branes must wrap Lagrangian cycles which satisfy an additional D-flatness condition which looks formally identical to the ‘speciality’ condition for Lagrangian cycles in ordinary Calabi-Yaus [12, 14].
Deformations of calibrated D-branes in flux generalized complex manifolds

Thus the wrapped cycle Σ must be special Lagrangian for A-branes and holomorphic for B-branes.
Deformations of calibrated D-branes in flux generalized complex manifolds

Consider first Lagrangian A-branes, i.e. branes that wrap middle-dimensional cycles Σ, such that PΣ [ω ] = 0.
Deformations of calibrated D-branes in flux generalized complex manifolds

Usage in literature

And in a few minutes the banker, wrapped in his gown, with his feet in his slippers, was seated comfortably in his arm-chair. "The Lost Lady of Lone" by E.D.E.N. Southworth

But I am glad Florence is once more friendly with poor Arthur; he is positively wrapped up in her. "The Haunted Chamber" by "The Duchess"

Their clothing consisted of three layers of wrappings around the loins. "Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2)" by Carl Lumholtz

Elise was wrapped in a great cloak of silver brocade. "The Gay Cockade" by Temple Bailey

Back in the patio his Mexican, Manuelo, lay snoring, wrapped in a tattered blanket. "The Ridin' Kid from Powder River" by Henry Herbert Knibbs

Down went the sun, but a glow held and wrapped the earth in hues of faery. "Foes" by Mary Johnston

These fur robes were very warm, and were also used as wraps when traveling in cold weather. "Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity" by Galen Clark

Wrap the two flaps of the cloth about the seed. "The First Book of Farming" by Charles L. Goodrich

She had wrapped this Wooden Doll in a bit of sealskin and put it in her bed to keep it warm. "The Story of a Plush Bear" by Laura Lee Hope

The setting sun wrapped "The House of the Misty Star" in a veil of purple, shot with pink. "The House of the Misty Star" by Fannie Caldwell Macaulay

Usage in poetry
There, set in green, Gold-stars are seen,
A mantle rich, thy charms to wrap;
And when the sun His race has run,
He falls enamour'd in thy lap.
"Ocean: An Ode. Concluding With A Wish." by Edward Young
Let not the silence wrap you round
While you are living over-ground.
They say that earthly years are few;
Then speak—I want a word from you.
"Open Speech" by John Le Gay Brereton Author object (384)
I have gathered my dreams in a silver air
Between the gold and the blue
And wrapped them softly and left them there,
My jewelled dreams of you.
"A God's Labour" by Aurobindo Ghose Author object (72)
But wrap me in that cypress veil;
At first his eye I would not brave,
'Till he shall bid the mourner hail,
And knows I come from Edwin's grave.
"Vignette - VII" by Matilda Betham Author object (484)
Perhaps within those midnight hours
His rugged bed was cold and chill,
But wrapped in Dreamland's mystic powers,
He knew no danger, felt no ill.
"Alone" by Nancy Rebecca Campbell Glass
And when life's curses rock me nightly,
And hushed I lie in slumber's hold,
Thy sable form comes treading lightly
To wrap me in its garments fold.
"To My Misery" by Morris Rosenfeld