# wrap

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹæp/ · frequency rank #5,179

## Definitions
1. To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
2. To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
3. To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
4. To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.
5. To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line
6. To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
7. To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.

## Etymology
From Middle English wrappen (“to wrap, fold”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to North Frisian wrappe (“to press into; stop up”), dialectal Danish vrappe (“to stuff, cram”), Middle Low German rincworpen (“to envelop, wrap”), Middle Low German wrempen (“to wrinkle, scrunch the face”), all perhaps tied to Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb- (“to turn, twist, bend”).
Compare also similar-sounding and similar-meaning Middle English wlappen (“to wrap, lap, envelop, fold”), Middle Dutch lappen (“to wrap up”), Old Italian goluppare (“to wrap”) (from Germanic). Doublet of lap; related to envelop, develop. Also compare Latin verber (“whip, lash”).

## Easily confused with
- **wry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wrap-vs-wry)
- **writ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wrap-vs-writ)
- **wren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wrap-vs-wren)
- **Wray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wrap-vs-wray)
- **wrath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wrap-vs-wrath)
- **wreak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wrap-vs-wreak)
- **WA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wa-vs-wrap)
- **was** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/was-vs-wrap)
- **way** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/way-vs-wrap)
- **war** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/war-vs-wrap)
- **wax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wax-vs-wrap)
- **wan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wan-vs-wrap)
- **WAL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wal-vs-wrap)
- **wah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wah-vs-wrap)
- **wat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wat-vs-wrap)
- **wha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wha-vs-wrap)
- **wai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wai-vs-wrap)
- **wad** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wad-vs-wrap)
- **wag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wag-vs-wrap)
- **wop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wop-vs-wrap)

## Common misspellings (5)
`rwap`, `wrapp`, `wrpa`, `wrrap`, `wwrap`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/wrap