to wrap up

Examples

• All

• By late afternoon, Hadley's food was all gone, and she had wrapped herself up in the army blanket to keep away the creeping chill.

  Fiction book (1993)

• I'm wet but warm, wrapped up in a black Army-issue blanket.

  Fiction book (2000)

• A little something to wrap yourself up in after a long day.

• I stay at home all day and wrap myself up in it.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Be cold, but wrap up and get a bit quicker.

• It's wise to wrap up well, while this cold wind is blowing.

  Jamaica Inn (1939)

• If you have any wet clothing on, take it off and wrap up in a blanket from the Red Cross.

  Sully (2016)

• Now look, we're going to wrap you up warm, take you back to the Grange where we can look after you properly.

  Wuthering Heights (1970)

• After Lena leaves, I sit down on the couch, wrap myself up in a blanket, and read.

  Fiction book (1990)

• It's wise to wrap up well, while this cold wind is blowing.

Synonyms

K

to keep warm

vsto wrap up

23 1.0

To stop yourself from getting cold

relies on clothing to achieve warmth instead of other methods

B

to bundle up

vsto wrap up

5 2.4

Put on warm clothes, often several layers, to stay warm

uses enough clothes but not necessarily multiple layers

D

to dress warmly

vsto wrap up

3 1.0

Put on warm clothes to stay warm in cold weather

puts on enough clothes to protect from various weather

C

to clothe oneself in layers

vsto wrap up

3.5

To wear several layers of clothing to keep warm

chooses sufficient clothing regardless of layering

D

to duddle

vsto wrap up

• Archaic

9.9

To wrap someone or something warmly in a blanket

involves dressing yourself with clothes rather than covering others

Antonyms

S

to strip off

• NSFW

9 3.7

To remove clothes or a cover completely and quickly

How Warm

to bundle up

5 2.4

to clothe oneself in layers

3.5

to wrap up

9 2.8

to jacket

1 6.8

to wear

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology