wraih.html - n.
1 a ghost or apparition.
2 the spectral appearance of a living person supposed to portend that person's death.

wraithlike adj. [16th-c. Sc.: orig. unkn.]

wraih.html - See: GO TO WRACK AND RUIN.

wraih.html - See: UNDER WRAPS.

wraih.html - {v. phr.} To have complete control over; to be able to make (someone) do anything you want. * /Sue can twist any of the boys around her little finger./ Compare: JUMP THROUGH A HOOP.

wraih.html - See: TWIST ONE AROUND ONE'S LITTLE FINGER.

wraih.html - {adj. phr.} Thinking only of; interested only in. * /John has no time for sports because he is all wrapped up in his work./ * /Mary was so wrapped up in her book she didn't hear her mother calling her./ * /Jean is so wrapped up in herself, she never thinks of helping others./ * /Mrs. Brown gave up her career because her life was all wrapped up in her children./ Compare: IN A WORLD OF ONE'S OWN (2b).