WRAPPING Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

wrapping

verb

Definition of wrapping

present participle of wrap

as in bandaging

to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt wrapped her waist with a colorful silk sash

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as in enveloping

to surround or cover closely a sinister darkness seemed to wrap the lonely cabin

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Recent Examples of wrapping The Chicks are currently wrapping their Taking the Long Way 20th anniversary tour in celebration of their album. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2026 The building plays with massing by continuing the expression of the base along one side and wrapping the tower at the top. — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026 And for those who don’t have a specific preference in pattern, snagging your gift-wrapping supplies now saves you from a last-minute trip to the store during the busiest time of year. — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2026 Following a 10-day break, the group returns to Australia for concerts in Sydney and Melbourne before wrapping things up March 5 at Auckland’s Spark Arena. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2026 Adding festive drink recipes to a laundry list of to-dos, like wrapping gifts, sending cards, and making turkey, latkes, mistletoe, and magic, can cause even more stress. — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 29 Oct. 2026 The pic began lensing in February 2024 at Silverlight Studios in Wānaka, NZ and continued in Auckland, wrapping April of that year. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026 Seryl began wrapping the untouched cookies up for me in napkins embossed with the ambassadorial seal. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 Georgia Juvelis will step down as chief communications officer for AMC Global Media at the end of this year, wrapping a 19-year run at the company that is home to AMC Network, AMC+, IFC, SundanceTV, BBC America and more. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026

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The video also shows officers bandaging the woman's wound after she was shot in the parking lot.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
In theory, these shocks are supposed to fade, and the greater good is served by merely bandaging the complaints of lower-income groups until the headline metrics herald an apparent return to normalcy.

— Gene Ludwig, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2026

Definition of bandaging

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There was, instead, a stillness so enveloping that John Carpenter could have shot a lifetime of movies there.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Deadly weekend Houthi attacks on Riyadh’s airport underscored the risk of war enveloping still more of the Middle East.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of enveloping

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The attack is not so much a matter of precision as enclosing an area—hopefully a space that the fly is within when her jaws slap shut.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
Each petal serves both structural and aesthetic purposes, enclosing a vast central hall that can accommodate up to 2,500 worshippers.

— Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of enclosing

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Congressional leaders, wired to protect their own and afraid of upsetting their narrow margins, are famous for shrouding ethics investigations in secrecy and dragging them out for years.

— Mary Ellen Klas, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
Advertisement Israel has bombed oil depots in Tehran, shrouding the city in toxic black smoke, and attacked Iran’s South Pars gas field.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 Apr. 2026

Definition of shrouding

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Little Miner’s version isn’t so much a riff as an homage, with a flour tortilla encasing queso sauce, tortilla chips, chipotle aioli, lettuce, tomato, raw onion, sour cream and a choice of proteins.

— Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026
The spigots serve as injection ports, where crews can pump grout behind the tunnel wall, with the goal of coating and encasing the entire tunnel lining under the Newtown Creek in a waterproof layer, filling any cracks along the way.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026

Definition of encasing

Verb

The brand now follows the French scale and goes from 30 to 50, and product development took a classic and hands-on approach based on draping to assess how clothes sit and move on the body.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
About 12 minutes later, the array had fully extended, draping over about half of the larger but less capable legacy panel on the P4 truss.

— Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of draping

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