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WRAP UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Clothe, as if for protection from the elements
Example:
cover your head!
Synonyms:
cover; wrap up
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
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
Sense 2
Meaning:
Form a cylinder by rolling
Example:
roll up a banner
Synonyms:
roll up; wrap up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
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 3
Meaning:
Finish a task completely
Example:
I finally got through this homework assignment
Synonyms:
clear up; finish off; finish up; get through; mop up; polish off; wrap up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
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 4
Meaning:
Arrange or fold as a cover or protection
Example:
Wrap the present
Synonyms:
wrap; wrap up
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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
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