drape

drape  (drp)

v. draped, drap·ing, drapes

v.tr.

1. 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.

2. To arrange or let fall in loose folds: draping the banner from the balcony.

3. To hang or rest limply: draped my legs over the chair.

v.intr.

To fall or hang in loose folds: arranged the cloth to drape over the table legs.

n.

1. A drapery; a curtain.

2. 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.

3. The way in which cloth falls or hangs: adjusted the drape of the gown.

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[Middle English drapen, to weave, from Old French draper, from drap, cloth, from Late Latin drappus.]

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drape

Verb

[draping, draped]

1. to cover with material or fabric

2. to hang or arrange in folds

3. to place casually: he draped his arm across the back of the seat

See also drapes [Old French draper]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	drape - hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) curtain, drapery, pall, mantle screen, blind - a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" drop cloth, drop curtain, drop - a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery eyelet, eyehole - a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar festoon - a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves frontal - a drapery that covers the front of an altar furnishing - (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable portiere - a heavy curtain hung across a doorway shower curtain - a curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area theater curtain, theatre curtain - a hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance
	2.	drape - the manner in which fabric hangs or falls; "she adjusted the drape of her skirt" fashion, manner, mode, style, way - how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"
	3.	drape - a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination covering - an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
Verb	1.	drape - arrange in a particular way; "drape a cloth" arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
	2.	drape - place casually; "The cat draped herself on the sofa" arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
	3.	drape - cover as if with clothing; "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees" cloak, robe, clothe spread over, cover - form a cover over; "The grass covered the grave"
	4.	drape - cover or dress loosely with cloth; "drape the statue with a sheet" cover - provide with a covering or cause to be covered; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"

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drape

verb 1. cover, wrap, fold, array, adorn, swathe

verb 2. hang, drop, dangle, suspend, lean, droop, let fall

Translations

drape [dreɪp] vt → cubrir

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drape [dreɪp] vt → draper;

drapes npl (US) → rideaux mpl

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drape [dreɪp] vt → drapieren

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drape [dreɪp] vt → drappeggiare see also drapes