different between wrap vs cloak

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) enPR: r?p, IPA^(key): /?æp/
  • Rhymes: -æp
  • Homophone: rap
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /??p/

Etymology 1

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.

Alternative forms

• wrop (dialectal)

Verb

wrap (third-person singular simple present wraps, present participle wrapping, simple past and past participle wrapped or (archaic) wrapt)

1. (transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
2. (transitive) To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.

   A snake wraps itself around its prey.

   • 1811, William Cullen Bryant, Thanatopsis

     Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch / About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.

3. (figuratively) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
   • a. 1640, Thomas Carew, Ingrateful Beauty Threatened

     wise poets that wrap truth in tales

4. (transitive or intransitive, video production) To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.

   To avoid going over budget, let's make sure we wrap by ten. (compare wrap up 2)

5. (lines, words, text, etc.) To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line

   I wrapped the text so that I wouldn't need to scroll to the right to read it.

6. (computing, transitive) To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
7. (transitive) To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.

   The row counter wraps back to zero when no more rows can be inserted.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:wrap.

Synonyms

• (enclose in fabric, paper, etc): enfold, lap

Antonyms

• unwrap

Derived terms

Related terms

• wrap around
• wrap around one's little finger
• wrap up

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English wrappe, from the verb (see above).

Noun

wrap (plural wraps)

1. Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.
2. A garment that one wraps around the body to keep oneself warm.
3. A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
4. (entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
5. A wraparound mortgage.

Derived terms

• fish wrap
• giftwrap

Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

wrap (plural wraps)

1. (Australia, informal) Alternative spelling of rap (“appraisal”)

References

Anagrams

• warp

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ræp/, [?ræp]
• IPA^(key): /??ræp/, [??ræp]

Noun

wrap

1. wrap (food)

Declension

Synonyms

• rulla
• wrappi

French

Etymology

From English wrap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ap/, /v?ap/
• Homophones: rap, râpe

Noun

wrap m (plural wraps)

1. wrap (sandwich)

Spanish

Etymology

From English wrap.

Noun

wrap m (plural wraps)

1. wrap (sandwich)

English

Alternative forms

• cloke (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English cloke, from Old Northern French cloque (“travelling cloak”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“travelers' cape, literally “a bell”, so called from the garment’s bell-like shape”), of Celtic origin, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos-, ultimately imitative.

Doublet of clock.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?klo?k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Noun

cloak (plural cloaks)

1. A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood.
2. A blanket-like covering, often metaphorical.

3. (figuratively)  That which conceals; a disguise or pretext.

   No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak.

4. (Internet) A text replacement for an IRC user's hostname or IP address, making the user less identifiable.

Derived terms

• cloak and dagger

Translations

See also

• burnoose, burnous, burnouse
• domino costume

Verb

cloak (third-person singular simple present cloaks, present participle cloaking, simple past and past participle cloaked)

1. (transitive) To cover as with a cloak.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To cover up, hide or conceal.
3. (science fiction, transitive, intransitive) To render or become invisible via futuristic technology.

   The ship cloaked before entering the enemy sector of space.

Derived terms

• cloaking device

Translations