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Antonyms for wrapped

Grammar : Adj
Spell : rap
Phonetic Transcription : ræp

Definition of wrapped

Origin :
  • early 14c., wrappen, of uncertain etymology, perhaps via Scandinavian (cf. Danish dialectal vravle "to wind"), ultimately from PIE *werp- "to turn, wind" (cf. Greek rhaptein "to sew"), from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus). Related: Wrapped; wrapping.
  • adj covered
Example sentences :
  • I endeavoured to obtain sight of him, but he was so wrapped and clothed that I did not succeed.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • It wasn't like him to be wrapped up in himself and to talk about dustbins.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • Send them to table hot, wrapped in the folds of a napkin that has been heated.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • If wrapped in paste, it will not be done in less than five hours.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • Wrapped in a thick cloth, this cake will keep soft for a week.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • He tore his chiton from top to bottom and wrapped it about his mouth and nose.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • The meat was wrapped in packages, so that it might all be transported to the cabin.
  • Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
  • They had wrapped the links of the chain in grass and leaves, so that no clanking was heard.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • He saw her lying in an open coffin, wrapped in a white shroud.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • He had wrapped it hastily in a piece of paper, and pinned it to the leaf.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

Synonyms for wrapped

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