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ALL meanings of drape

drape
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  • noun drape curtain 1
  • noun drape covering 1
  • intransitive verb drape hang, let fall on 1
  • intransitive verb drape arrange carefully 1
  • intransitive verb drape ornament, decorate 1
  • noun drape Arrange (cloth or clothing) loosely or casually on or around something. 1
  • verb with object drape to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery. 1
  • verb with object drape to adjust (curtains, clothes, etc.) into graceful folds, attractive lines, etc. 1
  • verb with object drape to arrange, hang, or let fall carelessly: Don't drape your feet over the chair! 1
  • verb with object drape Medicine/Medical, Surgery. to place cloth so as to surround (a part to be examined, treated, or operated upon). 1
  • verb with object drape (in reinforced-concrete construction) to hang (reinforcement) in a certain form between two points before pouring the concrete. 1
  • verb with object drape to put a black cravat on (a flagstaff) as a token of mourning. 1
  • verb without object drape to hang, fall, or become arranged in folds, as drapery: This silk drapes well. 1
  • noun drape a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally. 1
  • noun drape either of a pair of similar curtains extending or draped at the sides of a window, French doors, or the like as decoration. 1
  • noun drape manner or style of hanging: the drape of a skirt. 1
  • verb drape If you drape a piece of cloth somewhere, you place it there so that it hangs down in a casual and graceful way. 0
  • verb drape If someone or something is draped in a piece of cloth, they are loosely covered by it. 0
  • verb drape If you drape a part of your body somewhere, you lay it there in a relaxed and graceful way. 0
  • countable noun drape Drapes are pieces of heavy fabric that you hang from the top of a window and can close to keep the light out or stop people looking in. 0
  • verb drape to hang or cover with flexible material or fabric, usually in folds; adorn 0
  • verb drape to hang or arrange or be hung or arranged, esp in folds 0
  • verb drape to place casually and loosely; hang 0
  • noun drape a cloth or hanging that covers something in folds; drapery 0
  • noun drape the way in which fabric hangs 0
  • verb transitive drape to cover, hang, or decorate with or as with cloth or clothes in loose folds 0
  • verb transitive drape to arrange (a garment, cloth, etc.) artistically in folds or hangings 0
  • intransitive verb drape to hang or fall in folds, as a garment, cloth, etc. 0
  • noun drape cloth hanging in loose folds, or hanging loosely from the thing that it covers 0
  • noun drape a heavy curtain that hangs in loose folds; esp., either of a pair of such curtains 0
  • noun drape the manner in which cloth hangs or is cut to hang, as in a garment 0
  • noun drape (Britain) A curtain, a drapery. 0
  • noun drape (textiles) The way in which fabric falls or hangs. 0
  • noun drape (US) See drapes. 0
  • noun drape (US) A youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square. 0
  • verb drape To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc. 0
  • verb drape To rail at; to banter. 0
  • verb drape To make cloth. 0
  • verb drape To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc. 0
  • verb drape To hang or rest limply. 0
  • verb drape To spread over, cover. 0
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