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drape

[ dreyp ]

verb (used with object)

draped, draping.
  1. to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
  2. to adjust (curtains, clothes, etc.) into graceful folds, attractive lines, etc.
  3. to arrange, hang, or let fall carelessly:

    Don't drape your feet over the chair!

  4. Medicine/Medical, Surgery. to place cloth so as to surround (a part to be examined, treated, or operated upon).
  5. (in reinforced-concrete construction) to hang (reinforcement) in a certain form between two points before pouring the concrete.
  6. to put a black cravat on (a flagstaff ) as a token of mourning.


verb (used without object)

draped, draping.
  1. to hang, fall, or become arranged in folds, as drapery:

    This silk drapes well.

noun

  1. 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.
  2. either of a pair of similar curtains extending or draped at the sides of a window, French doors, or the like as decoration.
  3. manner or style of hanging:

    the drape of a skirt.

drape

/ »å°ù±ðɪ±è /

verb

  1. tr to hang or cover with flexible material or fabric, usually in folds; adorn
  2. to hang or arrange or be hung or arranged, esp in folds
  3. tr to place casually and loosely; hang

    she draped her arm over the back of the chair

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. often plural a cloth or hanging that covers something in folds; drapery
  2. the way in which fabric hangs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ»å°ù²¹±è²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å°ù²¹±èa·²ú±ô±ð »å°ù²¹±è±ða·²ú±ô±ð adjective
  • »å°ù²¹±èa·²ú¾±±ôi·³Ù²â »å°ù²¹±è±ða·²ú¾±±ôi·³Ù²â noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of drape1

1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French draper, derivative of drap cloth ( drab 1 )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of drape1

C15: from Old French draper, from drap piece of cloth; see drab 1
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“Incredible. Fifty-two points with people draped all over him all game long. The conditioning. The skill. The audacity. The belief. It’s just incredible to watch Steph at work.â€

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Titled Gamchha: From the Ordinary to the Extraordinary, it displayed more than 250 pieces of the short drape from 14 Indian states to show the variations of the scarf-towel across regions.

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“Oh my God. There are fans outside the window,†said the singer, who had a hoodie draped over his shoulders, barely covering his torso of patchwork tattoos.

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The other shows them on a hammock, with Woods lying on his back and Trump with her head resting on his chest and her arm draped around him.

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Aerial video of the scene shows what appears to be a body covered with an American flag draped over it next to the vehicle wreckage.

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