Drape

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. See Synonyms at clothe.
  • v. To arrange or let fall in loose folds: draping the banner from the balcony.
  • v. To hang or rest limply: draped my legs over the chair.
  • verb-intransitive. To fall or hang in loose folds: arranged the cloth to drape over the table legs.
  • n. A drapery; a curtain.
  • n. A cloth arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or treatment or during surgery, designed to provide a sterile field around the area being examined or treated or around the operative incision.
  • n. The way in which cloth falls or hangs: adjusted the drape of the gown.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A curtain, a drapery.
  • n. See drapes.
  • n. A youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square
  • v. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.
  • v. To rail at; to banter.
  • v. To make cloth.
  • v. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
  • v. To hang or rest limply
  • v. To spread over, cover.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
  • v. To rail at; to banter.
  • verb-intransitive. To make cloth.
  • verb-intransitive. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cover with or as with cloth; clothe; dress, as a window, an alcove, the outside of a house, etc., the human body, or a representation of the human body, as in sculpture or painting: as, the buildings were draped with flags; the painter's figures are well draped.
  • To arrange or adjust, as clothing, hangings, etc.
  • To make into cloth.
  • To make cloth.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the manner in which fabric hangs or falls
  • n. a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination
  • v. cover or dress loosely with cloth
  • v. arrange in a particular way
  • n. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
  • v. place casually
  • v. cover as if with clothing
  • Verb Form
    draped    drapes    draping   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fashion    style    way    manner    mode    covering    cover    arrange    set up    spread over   
    Cross Reference
    arrange    hang    drapery    covert   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    banter    adjustment    hang    cast   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cape    Snape    agape    ape    cape    crepe    escape    gape    grape    knape   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    drapery    upholstery    coverlet    nightgown    tapestry    blouse    bedspread    wallpaper    covering    scarf