Word Study
drape
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun drape has 3 senses
- drape(n = noun.artifact) curtain, drapery, mantle, pall - hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window); Array is a kind of blind, screen, furnishing
- drape(n = noun.attribute) Array - the manner in which fabric hangs or falls; "she adjusted the drape of her skirt" is a kind of fashion, manner, mode, style, way
- drape(n = noun.artifact) Array - a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination; Array is a kind of covering
has particulars: drop, drop cloth, drop curtain, festoon, frontal, portiere, shower curtain, theater curtain, theatre curtain
has parts: eyehole, eyelet
Derived forms verb drape1, verb drape4
Verb drape has 4 senses
- drape(v = verb.contact) Array - arrange in a particular way; "drape a cloth" is one way to arrange, set up
- drape(v = verb.contact) Array - place casually; "The cat draped herself on the sofa" is one way to arrange, set up
- drape(v = verb.contact) cloak, clothe, robe - cover as if with clothing; "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees" is one way to cover, spread over
- drape(v = verb.contact) Array - cover or dress loosely with cloth; "drape the statue with a sheet" is one way to cover
Derived form noun drape2
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
Derived forms noun drape2, noun drapery2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something PP
OXFORD DICTIONARY
drape, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 hang, cover loosely, or adorn with cloth etc.
2 arrange (clothes or hangings) carefully in folds.
--n.
1 (often in pl.) a curtain or drapery.
2 a piece of drapery.
3 the way in which a garment or fabric hangs.
--v.tr.
1 hang, cover loosely, or adorn with cloth etc.
2 arrange (clothes or hangings) carefully in folds.
--n.
1 (often in pl.) a curtain or drapery.
2 a piece of drapery.
3 the way in which a garment or fabric hangs.
Etymology
ME f. OF draper f. drap f. LL drappus cloth
THESAURUS
drape
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 upROGET THESAURUS
drape
Clothing
VB invest, cover, envelope, lap, involve, inwrap, enwrap, wrap, fold up, wrap up, lap up, muffle up, overlap, sheath, swathe, swaddle, roll up in, circumvest, vest, clothe, array, dress, dight, drape, robe, enrobe, attire, apparel, accounter, rig, fit out, deck, perk, equip, harness, caparison, wear, don, put on, huddle on, slip on, mantle.
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