Oxford Basic American Dictionary

to put paper or cloth around someone or something The baby was wrapped in a blanket. She wrapped the glasses up in paper.

—ANTONYM unwrap

wrap • per / ' rrepar / noun [ count ]

a piece of paper or plastic that covers and protects

something when you buy it

Don't throw your candy wrappers on the floor!

wrap • ping / ' rrepig / noun [ count, noncount ]

a piece of paper, plastic, etc. that is used for covering something to protect it I took the wrapping off the box.

wrap • ping pa • per / ' rrepig ,peipar / noun

[noncount]

special paper that you use to wrap presents

wreath / ri9 / noun [ count ] ( plural wreaths / ridz ; ri9s / ) a circle of flowers or leaves She put a wreath on the grave.

wreck1 / rek / noun [ count ]

a ship, car, or airplane that has been very badly damaged in an accident

a shipwreck

The car was a wreck, but no one was hurt.

an accident that badly damages a car, ship, or airplane The highway wreck killed two people.

wreck 2 / rek / verb ( wrecks , wreck - ing , wrecked )

to break or destroy something completely The fire had completely wrecked the hotel. Our vacation was wrecked by the strike.

wreck • age / ' rekid3 / noun [ noncount ]

the broken parts of something that has been badly damaged A few survivors were pulled from the wreckage of the train.

wrench / rentj/ noun wrench

[count]

( plural wrench es ) ^ _i

a tool that you use for turning small Jr^

metal rings (called nuts ) and pins (called bolts ), used for holding Jj

things together J^

wres • tle / ' resl / verb ( wres - tles , wres - tling , wres - tled )

( SPORTS ) to fight by trying to throw someone to the

ground, especially as a sport

►wres • tler / ' reslar / noun [ count ]

He used to be a professional wrestler.

►wres • tling / ' reslig / noun [ noncount ]

a wrestling match

wrig • gle / ' _ngi / verb

( wrig - gles, wrig - gling , wrig - gled )

wring

to turn your body quickly from side to side The teacher told the children to stop wriggling.

wring / n₄ /

verb ( wrings , wring - ing , wrung / глц / has wrung)

to press and twist something with your hands to make water come out He wrung the towel out and hung it out to dry.

wrin • kle / ' rigkl/ noun [ count ]

a small line in something, for example in the skin of your face or in clothes

My grandmother has a lot of wrinkles. Iron out the wrinkes in the fabric. ►wrin • kled / ' rigksld / adjective

His face is very wrinkled.

Wrist О / nst/ noun [ count ]

the part of your body where your arm joins your hand —Look at the picture at hand .

write Ф / rait / verb

(writes, writ ing, wrote / rout / has writ- ten / ' ritn / )

to make letters or words on paper using a pen or pencil Write your name at the top of the page.

He can't read or write.

( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS , MUSIC ) to create a story, book, song, piece of music, etc.

Eugene O'Neill wrote many plays. I wrote a poem for you.

to write and send a letter to someone

My Auntie Maggie writes to me every Christmas. I wrote her a postcard.

write something down to write something on paper so that you can remember it I wrote down his telephone number.

writ .er О / ¹ raitsr / noun [ count ]

( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) a person who writes books, stories, etc.; Mark Twain was a famous writer.

writ . ing © / raitii] / noun [ noncount ]

the activity or skill of putting words on paper Today we're going to practice our writing.