drape
to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
to adjust (curtains, clothes, etc.) into graceful folds, attractive lines, etc.
to arrange, hang, or let fall carelessly: Don't drape your feet over the chair!
Medicine/Medical, Surgery. to place cloth so as to surround (a part to be examined, treated, or operated upon).
(in reinforced-concrete construction) to hang (reinforcement) in a certain form between two points before pouring the concrete.
to put a black cravat on (a flagstaff) as a token of mourning.
to hang, fall, or become arranged in folds, as drapery: This silk drapes well.
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.
either of a pair of similar curtains extending or draped at the sides of a window, French doors, or the like as decoration.
manner or style of hanging: the drape of a skirt.
Origin of drape
1Other words from drape
- drap·a·ble, drape·a·ble, adjective
- drap·a·bil·i·ty, drape·a·bil·i·ty, noun
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How to use drape in a sentence
The sunbeam’s extra tall, adjustable collar cradles the neck and drapes over the shoulders for quick relaxation.
Best heating pad for chronic pain and tense muscles | Irena Collaku | August 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe Sunbeam’s extra tall, adjustable collar cradles the neck and drapes over the shoulders for quick relaxation.
Best heating pad for chronic pain and tense muscles | Irena Collaku | August 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe fabric, a stretchy merino-blend terry, is substantial without being bulky, with weight and a nice drape.
Mattie & Eddie’s is a love letter to Armstrong’s paternal grandparents, drape makers whose wee home was the place for family to gather for Sunday meals.
Mattie & Eddie’s channels the Irish spirit of a veteran chef’s grandparents | Tom Sietsema | May 21, 2021 | Washington PostThe scent of burning incense crawled into my nose as I peeled back the heavy orange embroidered silk drape leading into the Khenpo’s room.
Sneaker and clothing brands routinely dole out buckets of dough to drape their swag over popular cultural characters.
Would You Pay $100 For a 50 Cent Bulge? Men’s Undies Get Expensive | James Joiner | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA large part of a fashion model's job is physical, moving and shaping her body to highlight the drape of the clothing.
Riveters log hundreds of hours making the banners that drape the stadium throughout the season.
Portland Is Ground Zero for the Best Women’s Soccer in the World | Evelyn Shoop | June 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Yoga has helped increase my range of motion and flexibility and has addressed my imbalances from the scoliosis,” says Dr. drape.
Dr. drape recognizes that she will always have to manage her scoliosis.
Seconds later the knotted drape she had used before swayed down into sight, I grasped it to steady it.
Valley of the Croen | Lee TarbellThe great mountains rejoice in the sun, or drape their brows in clouds, irrespective of the eyes that regard them.
Sevenoaks | J. G. HollandBoth political parties, by a common impulse, "drape themselves in the Flag."
The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean MartinThey are invisible garments that drape themselves about our spirit and give a predetermined form to all its symbolic expression.
Language | Edward SapirWill somebody kindly drape that sun dial and hold back on time a little?
The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong | Lillian Garis
British Dictionary definitions for drape
/ (dreɪp) /
(tr) to hang or cover with flexible material or fabric, usually in folds; adorn
to hang or arrange or be hung or arranged, esp in folds
(tr) to place casually and loosely; hang: she draped her arm over the back of the chair
(often plural) a cloth or hanging that covers something in folds; drapery
the way in which fabric hangs
Origin of drape
1- See also drapes
Derived forms of drape
- drapable or drapeable, adjective
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