WRAP UP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wrap up mean? 

• WRAP UP (verb)
  The verb WRAP UP has 4 senses:

1. arrange or fold as a cover or protection

2. finish a task completely

3. form a cylinder by rolling

4. clothe, as if for protection from the elements

  Familiarity information: WRAP UP used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WRAP UP (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arrange or fold as a cover or protection

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

wrap; wrap up

Context example:

Wrap the present

Hypernyms (to "wrap up" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wrap up"):

do up (wrap for decorative purposes)

parcel (make into a wrapped container)

cere (wrap up in a cerecloth)

shrinkwrap (wrap something tightly with heated plastic that shrinks upon cooling)

gift-wrap (wrap (a gift) attractively)

shroud (wrap in a shroud)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Finish a task completely

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

clear up; finish off; finish up; get through; mop up; polish off; wrap up

Context example:

I finally got through this homework assignment

Hypernyms (to "wrap up" is one way to...):

complete; finish (come or bring to a finish or an end)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wrap up"):

cap off (finish or complete, as with some decisive action)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Form a cylinder by rolling

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

roll up; wrap up

Context example:

roll up a banner

Hypernyms (to "wrap up" is one way to...):

change surface (undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface)

Verb group:

roll; roll up (show certain properties when being rolled)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Clothe, as if for protection from the elements

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

cover; wrap up

Context example:

cover your head!

Hypernyms (to "wrap up" is one way to...):

apparel; clothe; dress; enclothe; fit out; garb; garment; habilitate; raiment; tog (provide with clothes or put clothes on)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

“You might wrap up the goods before you deliver ’m,” the stranger said gruffly, and Manuel doubled a piece of stout rope around Buck’s neck under the collar.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

If you are finished with your college education, you may work in publishing or broadcasting—if so, this full moon will have you feeling pride when you wrap up a major project that will have lasting results, thanks to Saturn in ideal angle to the new moon.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)