🎁 To cover 💥 To crash badly 🌯 A rolled sandwich 🧻 A covering 🧣 A shawl or cloak

to wrap

86 8.1

To crash a car so it bends around a pole

verb
/ræp/

: estrellarse contra

I wrapped it like a car ran over it.

Examples

If I hadn't, Rem would probably have wrapped his hands around my throat.

Fiction book (1999)
One winter, I accidentally wrapped my car around a tree when I lost control on the icy road.
The terrifying creature was still wrapped around her legs and arm.

Academic text (2011)
The chain struck, then wrapped around it, almost jerking him off his perch.

Fiction book (2001)
But Bundy and McCone are too wrapped up in their schemes to notice Kenny's distress.

Fiction book (2000)
He crashed his motorcycle and wrapped it around the lamppost, causing significant damage.
After losing control on the sharp turn, she wrapped her vehicle around the guardrail.

Synonyms

to wrap around

vsto wrap

78 3.4

Cover something by winding a cloth around it

happens violently in a crash, bending or coiling objects around it

Antonyms

to detach

16 3.9

To take something off from what it is connected to

to unbend

4.9

Make a part straight after it becomes curved

Idioms

to wrap around one's little finger

Informal

3 8.1

To make someone do what you want by charming them

Phrasal Verbs

to wrap up

226 3.0

Finish an activity or task

to wrap around

78 3.4

Cover something by winding a cloth around it

to wrap arms around

38 2.8

To put your arms around someone or something to show love and protect them

to wrap up

22 3.6

Cover something completely with paper, cloth or another material to protect it

to wrap up

9 2.8

Put on warm clothes to keep warm in cold weather

to wrap up

7 3.4

Roll something into a tube by turning it around

to gift-wrap

3 2.2

Wrap a present in pretty paper and add a ribbon or bow to make it look nice

to wrap a meeting

2 3.2

To finish a meeting so everyone can leave

to wrap a gift

1 1.0

To cover a gift with pretty paper and ribbon before giving it

to wrap in cotton wool

1 7.9

To protect someone too much so they do not learn to deal with problems

to pop bubble-wrap

Informal

1 2.7

Burst the small air bubbles in plastic wrap for fun or to feel calm

to wrap a bandage

2.6

To cover a wound with a piece of cloth to protect it

Compounds

plastic wrap

14 1.7

A thin clear plastic sheet used to cover food to keep it fresh

bubble wrap

7 1.7

A soft plastic sheet with many small air bubbles that stops fragile things from breaking when you pack them

Saran Wrap

3 2.1

A thin clear plastic film used to cover food to keep it fresh

gift wrap

1 1.0

Decorated paper used to wrap presents for special occasions

shrink-wrap

1 3.2

A thin clear plastic film that shrinks when heated around products

ear wrap

7.4

A piece of jewellery that goes around the ear without a piercing

fish wrap

5.5

A flatbread filled with cooked fish, vegetables, and sauce

shrink-wrap

Jargon

6.8

A set of terms included with a product that you must accept before use

How Damaging

to wrap

86 8.1

to smash

311 2.1

crash

∞ 2.3

to collide

64 3.1

to hit

∞ 1.0

to bump

111 1.0

Surface Forms

wrap infinitive

wrapped past

wrapped past participle

wrapping present participle

wraps third person singular

Etymology

The phrase to wrap a car 'around' something comes from the idea of 'winding' or 'turning' around an object, like cloth around a pole. So to say a car was wrapped around a tree means it hit the tree and bent or folded around it as if it had been wrapped.