wrap

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In all other cases, really, I can't wrap my mind around it.

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Quick take

cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of wrap gathered in one view.

noun

cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person

noun

a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla

noun

the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for wrap.

noun

cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person

noun

a sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla

noun

the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped

verb

arrange or fold as a cover or protection; "wrap the baby before taking her out"; "Wrap the present"

verb

arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"

verb

enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering; "Fog enveloped the house"

See also: envelop, enfold, enwrap, enclose

verb

crash into so as to coil around; "The teenager wrapped his car around the fire hydrant"

Example sentences

In all other cases, really, I can't wrap my mind around it.

But first I wanted to spend some time preparing for the move and waiting for my wife to wrap things up.

So, I'm going to force myself to wrap up with just a few more short highlights:* I learned OpenGL while tripping.

They don't "wrap" anything, so "directly" is just gibberish.

Very useful when you're trying to remember, for example, "word-wrap: break-word", which is not the same as "word-break: break-all".

Another of those blindingly obvious things that employers all over the world just can't seem to wrap their little heads around.

The world needs more people who are aware of security, not as just some thing that you do, but really as a mindset and thing that you really have to wrap your head around.

Each of these is a 'modifier' that power users are used to, but which make the mental model of file manipulation much harder for beginners to wrap their heads around.

While you are in the process of adapting your infrastructure to wrap its mind around many repositories, it makes sense to allow dev teams to really take advantage of this splitting.