Definition of Drape

1. Noun. Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window).

Exact synonyms: Curtain, Drapery, Mantle, Pall
Generic synonyms: Blind, Screen, Furnishing
Specialized synonyms: Drop, Drop Cloth, Drop Curtain, Festoon, Frontal, Portiere, Shower Curtain, Theater Curtain, Theatre Curtain
Terms within: Eyehole, Eyelet
Derivative terms: Curtain, Pall

2. Verb. Arrange in a particular way. "Drape a cloth"
Entails: Fold, Fold Up, Turn Up
Generic synonyms: Arrange, Set Up

3. Noun. The manner in which fabric hangs or falls. "She adjusted the drape of her skirt"
Generic synonyms: Fashion, Manner, Mode, Style, Way

4. Verb. Place casually. "The cat draped herself on the sofa"
Generic synonyms: Arrange, Set Up

5. Noun. A sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination.
Generic synonyms: Covering

6. Verb. Cover as if with clothing. "The mountain was clothed in tropical trees"
Exact synonyms: Cloak, Clothe, Robe
Generic synonyms: Cover, Spread Over

7. Verb. Cover or dress loosely with cloth. "Drape the statue with a sheet"
Generic synonyms: Cover
Derivative terms: Drapery

Definition of Drape

1. v. t. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.

2. v. i. To make cloth.

Definition of Drape

1. Noun. (U.K.) A curtain, a drapery. ¹

2. Noun. (American English) See drapes. ¹

3. Noun. (American English) A youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square ¹

4. Verb. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc. ¹

5. Verb. To rail at; to banter. ¹

6. Verb. To make cloth. ¹

7. Verb. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc. ¹

8. Verb. To hang or rest limply ¹

9. Verb. To spread over, cover. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Drape

1. to arrange in graceful folds [v DRAPED, DRAPING, DRAPES] : DRAPABLE [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drape

dramsellers
dramshop
dramshopkeeper
dramshopkeepers
dramshops
drank
drant
dranted
dranting
drants
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drapa
drapabilities
drapability
drapable
drape (current term)
drapeabilities
drapeability
drapeable
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drapelike
draper
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draperied
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drapers
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draperylike
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drapet

Literary usage of Drape

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American States, Churches, and Slavery by Joshua Rhodes Balme (1862)
"the war hatchet, and even to drape our American pulpits and cover the tables at the communion of our Lord, as in Dr Osgood's church, New York, ..."

2. Recollections Grave and Gay by Burton Harrison (1911)
"I noticed they had removed from the library railings all the captured Federal banners with which we had been able abundantly to drape them. ..."

3. The Journals of Washington Irving (Hitherto Unpublished) by Washington Irving (1919)
"Found the carps diplomatique have been worried these four days past with the question whether they should drape their carriages. The ambassadors intended to ..."

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