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• n  the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped
• n  an enveloping bandage
• v  arrange or fold as a cover or protection
• v  arrange or or coil around
• v  enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
• v  crash into so as to coil around

• Pickings were slim, but he did get a large order for wrapping paper and proudly cabled it to London.
• The most elaborate wrapping is done on the West Coast and in Texas cities.
• The longyi has its advantages: one can bathe in it without undressing (by wrapping a dry longyi over the wet one and dropping the wet one in the bath), which is convenient since .

• wrap
• wrapper
• swathe
• wrap up
• wind
• roll
• twine
• envelop
• enfold
• enwrap
• enclose

• unwrap
• unwind

News & Articles

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• BP ends cleanup of oil spill in Gulf of Mexico
  BP is wrapping up cleanup operations of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The move comes with permission from the US Coast Guard, which says BP no longer needs to send out regular patrols to clean the tar from the coastline.
  June 18, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor
• Okeechobee patio store blaze caused by employee who used lighter to remove wrapping
  The blaze that destroyed Sunniland Patio Furniture on Okeechobee Boulevard on June 12 was accidental, caused by an employee who used a lighter to remove the plastic wrapping on a spa, but instead ignited the cardboard frame of the spa.
  June 18, 2013 - The Palm Beach Post
• G-8 NOTEBOOK: Cameron Tweets WWII bomb at G-8 site
  ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — Well, that was close. Or was it? Shortly after wrapping up one of the most peaceful Group of Eight summits in recent memory, Prime Minister David Cameron let a cat out of the bag.
  June 18, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Sarah Palin in International Herald Tribune
  I did not order the clothes. Did not ask for the clothes,Palin said. "I would have been happy to have worn my own clothes from Day One. But that is kind of an odd issue, an odd campaign issue as things were wrapping up there as to who...
• Josh Schwartz in International Herald Tribune
  We were 24 hours away from wrapping the show and it was surreal to have that level of emotion from our audience,Schwartz said.
• Michael Phelps in International Herald Tribune
  I didn't know what to expect,Phelps told The Associated Press. "They said the line was wrapping around the building this morning, and then I got here and it was."