Meaning of DRAPE
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- [n] hanging cloth used as a blind
- [v] arrange in a particular way; "drape a cloth"
- [v] place casually; "The cat draped herself on the sofa"
- [v] cover or dress loosely with cloth; "drape the statue with a sheet"
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| | Synonyms: | | curtain, drapery, mantle, pall |
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| | See Also: | | arrange, blind, cover, drop, drop cloth, drop curtain, festoon, fold, fold up, furnishings, portiere, screen, set up, shower curtain, theater curtain, theatre curtain, turn up | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Drape\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Draped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Draping}.] [F. draper, fr. drap cloth. See 3d {Drab}.]
1. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as
with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.
The whole people were draped professionally. --De
Quincey.
These starry blossoms, [of the snow] pure and white,
Soft falling, falling, through the night, Have
draped the woods and mere. --Bungay.
2. To rail at; to banter. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
\Drape\, v. i.
1. To make cloth. [Obs.] --Bacon.
2. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for
hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
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| | Related Terms: | | adorn, apparel, array, attire, awning, bag, beach umbrella, bedeck, bedrape, blanket, blind, bundle up, cascade, cloak, clothe, coat, cover, coverage, covering, covert, coverture, cowl, cowling, curtain, daggle, dangle, deck, decorate, depend, dight, drabble, drag, draggle, drapery, dress, droop, dud, ear lobe, enclothe, endue, enrobe, enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, fall, festoon, flap, flop, flow, garb, garment, guise, habilitate, hang, hang down, hanger, hanging, hood, housing, invest, lap, lappet, light shield, lobation, lobe, lobule, lop, mantle, mask, muffle up, nod, ornament, pall, parasol, pend, pendant, rag out, raiment, robe, roll, sag, screen, shade, shader, shadow, sheathe, shelter, shield, shroud, spraddle, spread-eagle, sunblind, sunshade, swaddle, swag, swathe, swing, tapestry, tire, trail, umbrella, uvula, veil, vestment, weep, wrap, wrap up |
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