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wrap

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of wrap

1 to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt

wrapped her waist with a colorful silk sash

Synonyms of wrap

band, begird, belt, engird [archaic], engirdle, enwind, gird, girdle, girt, girth

Words Related to wrap

circle, enwreathe, loop, wind, wreathe

bandage, enswathe, swathe

chain, cord, enchain, lash, rope, shackle, tape, wire

Near Antonyms of wrap

unbind, unlash, unshackle, untie, unwind

Antonyms of wrap

2 to surround or cover closely

a sinister darkness seemed to wrap the lonely cabin

Synonyms of wrap

bosom, bower, circumfuse, cocoon, embosom, embower, embrace, enclose (also inclose), encompass, enfold, enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, invest, involve, lap, mantle, muffle, shroud, swathe, veil

Words Related to wrap

embed (also imbed), encase

blanket, overlay, overspread

camouflage, cloak, disguise, mask

circle, encircle, enlace, enwind

Near Antonyms of wrap

bare, denude, expose, strip

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