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wrap⋅a⋅round

  [rap-uh-round]
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–adjective
1. (of a garment) made to fold around or across the body so that one side of the garment overlaps the other forming the closure.
2. extending in a curve from the front around to the sides: a wraparound windshield.
3. of, pertaining to, or arranged under a wraparound mortgage: wraparound financing.
4. all-inclusive; comprehensive: a wraparound insurance plan.
–noun
5. a wraparound object.
6. outsert.
7. Printing. a thin metal, plastic, or rubber plate made flat and then wrapped around a cylinder for printing on a rotary press.
8. word wrap.
9. British. book jacket.
Also, wrap-a⋅round.

Origin:
1965–70; adj., n. use of v. phrase wrap around (something)
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out⋅sert

  [out-surt]
–noun Bookbinding.
an additional folded signature or sheet into which another is bound.
Also called outset, wraparound.

Origin:
out- + (in)sert

word wrap

 
–noun
a feature of word-processing systems and some electronic typewriters that automatically moves a word to a new line to avoid overrunning the margin.
Also called wraparound.

Origin:
1975–80
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wrap·a·round   (rāp'ə-round')   
adj.  

  1. Designed to be wrapped around the body and fastened: a wraparound skirt.

  2. Shaped to curve around the sides: a wraparound windshield.

  3. Sports Of or being a shot, as in ice hockey, made after going behind the goal and turning sharply toward the side or front of the net.

n.  

  1. A garment that is open to the side and is wrapped around the body.

  2. Something that encompasses or laps over something else.

  3. A text placement feature, as of a word processing program, that automatically moves text that will not fit on one line to the following line.

  4. Sports A wraparound shot or goal.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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