wrapped
covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,654 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,286 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak also: cloaked, clothed, draped, mantled leaf-clothed treesfog-cloaked meadows
- giving or marked by complete attention to also: captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent that engrossed look or rapt delightenwrapped in dreams
- enclosed securely in a covering of paper or the like gaily wrapped gifts
wrapped in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He wrapped her up in his cloak, placed her before him on his horse, and brought her to his castle.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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With careful hands they reverently wrapped the body in a blanket and laid it away in its rude, sandy bed.
The Winning of Barbara Worth · Harold Bell Wright · Chapter 1
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And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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The Great Detective hurriedly wrapped himself in a pink domino, adjusted a pair of false black whiskers and cried, “Come in.”
Nonsense Novels · Stephen Leacock · Chapter 1
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He rushed upstairs, wrapped the puppies in a blanket, and turned on the electric heater to take the chill from the spare-room.
Where the Blue Begins · Christopher Morley · Chapter 1