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# wrapping

noun (wrapping, wrappings); also the -ing form of the verb «wrap» (wrap, wraps, wrapped, wrapping)

«wrapping» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Wrapping is paper, plastic or other material used to cover or pack something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapping/#m1)
2. Wrapping is putting paper or cloth around something to cover it, such as a present. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapping/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, «wrapping paper» covers presents for birthdays and festivals. In environment lessons, pupils learn to reuse wrapping and avoid too much plastic wrapping. In maths, wrapping a box is linked to surface area: the paper needed covers every face. Phrases: «wrapping paper», «gift wrapping», «plastic wrapping».

### Examples

- We were wrapping presents all evening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapping/#x1)
- Choose some wrapping paper with stars on it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapping/#x2)
- Throw the plastic wrapping in the recycling bin if it can be recycled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapping/#x3)
- The sandwich came in paper wrapping. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapping/#x4)
- To wrap a box, you need enough paper to cover all six faces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapping/#x5)
- She tore off the wrapping to see her gift. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapping/#x6)
- The prince picked it up, and, wrapping it round with a thick cloth, hid it in his bosom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapping/#x7)

### Note

From «wrap», with double p: wrapped, wrapping. The w is silent («RAP-ing»). Homophone trap: «rapping» means speaking to a beat in rap music, or knocking.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means a fine cloth or covering that was traded as a luxury good. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, «wrapping paper» covers presents for birthdays and festivals. In environment lessons, pupils learn to reuse wrapping and avoid too much plastic wrapping. In maths, wrapping a box is linked to surface area: the paper needed covers every face. Phrases: «wrapping paper», «gift wrapping», «plastic wrapping».

### Examples

- These were thy traffickers in gorgeous fabrics, in wrappings of blue and richly woven work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and cedar-lined, among thy merchandise. (Prophets EZK.27.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrapping/#x1)

### Note

From «wrap», with double p: wrapped, wrapping. The w is silent («RAP-ing»). Homophone trap: «rapping» means speaking to a beat in rap music, or knocking.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wrapping» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wrapping/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wrapping» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wrapping.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «wrapping» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wrapping/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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