wrapped

verb

past tense of wrap
1
as in bandaged
to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt wrapped her waist with a colorful silk sash

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2
as in enveloped
to surround or cover closely a sinister darkness seemed to wrap the lonely cabin

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Recent Examples of wrapped These styles feature a thicker strap that’s wrapped around the heel—no sliding here. — Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2026 Solana protocol Seasons aims to offer crypto stability by distributing gold, wrapped Bitcoin, and dollar tokens to holders. — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Sailing’s songs tended to be cellophane-wrapped like candy; Pork Soda’s ooze together. — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026 In bed, Birdie wore a floral nightgown that wrapped her in heat. — Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026 It’s priced as a compound — and a property that blends residential architecture with vineyard acreage and event-ready amenities, wrapped in a piece of local history. — Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026 However, Rhea left a GIF of a lone wolf on one of Moreno’s TikTok videos less than two weeks after the series wrapped. — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026 The first story was set in the 1980s while the second volume, recently wrapped, was set in the 1990s, at the dawn of the Internet age and culminated with a shocking finale that left readers’ jaws on the forest floor. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2026 For example, the company has surrounded the building with odor control sprayers, applied odor neutralizer to the waste multiple times a day, and wrapped the building where possible to contain the smell, according to a statement. — Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrapped
  1. bandaged
  2. enveloped
  3. circled
  4. shrouded
  5. taped
  6. enclosed
  7. banded
  8. encased
Verb
  • Doctors removed the pole, bandaged him up and Cifaldi was back at work this week.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • Her wrists were bandaged and a sterile pad was placed on her neck, Dougherty said.
    — Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Definition of bandaged
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  • More than three hundred unionized workers at the Victoria & Albert Museum are set to vote on a strike action spurred by the broiling heat that has enveloped the city in recent weeks, The Guardian reports.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 27 July 2026
  • The increasing temperatures come courtesy of the slight expansion of a heat dome that has enveloped much of the central and southern Plains, the southern Rockies, the Desert Southwest and the upper Midwest.
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 27 July 2026
Definition of enveloped
Verb
  • Just circled up with him and just checking on his well-being, and then the rest is kind of up to medical staff, doctors he’s seen.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • Faena staff in luxurious red capes circled around them, serving light bites and cold martinis.
    — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026
Definition of circled
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  • The Senegal forward’s Everton future has been shrouded in uncertainty since the beginning of the calendar year, when talks over a new contract began.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 28 July 2026
  • Though astronomers have been studying V445 Puppis for two decades, much of the phenomena associated with it were shrouded in mystery due to a vast cloud of dusty debris that surrounded this nova.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of shrouded
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  • The first depicted a ripe banana duct-taped to a blank white wall—unmistakably, Maurizio Cattelan’s viral artwork Comedian—and the second featuring just the duct-tape on the wall.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 1 June 2026
  • When authorities asked King to remove the breast banner as vulgar, King taped over the nipples with stars made of tape or Magic Marker.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2026
Definition of taped
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  • The former patio has been enclosed to make a new dining room with windows facing the Cultural District.
    — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026
  • Two types of trams—open and enclosed, both free—get you within a 10-minute walk of most popular attractions, with pick-ups and drop-offs in or near three major parking lots.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
Definition of enclosed
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  • Some birds, such as Dark Green 06 and Yellow 25, were banded as far back as 2004 and have become minor celebrities.
    — Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
  • However, they are not banded, so their activity will not be fully tracked.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
Definition of banded
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  • Set the Scene The eight-story building is stylish, with a red brick facade encased in glass and steel.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
  • Over the course of an hour, the clouds unleashed more than 7 inches of rain, swelling the river encased in the narrow canyon by a foot every three minutes.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 27 July 2026
Definition of encased

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