curtain, drapery; manner in which something drapes and hangs in folds
cover with cloth, adorn with drapery; hang or stretch out loosely; arrange in graceful folds
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Drape Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To rail at; to banter.
To rail at; to banter.
(v. t.)
To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.
To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.
(v. i.)
To make cloth.
To make cloth.
(v. i.)
To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
drape
\drape\, v. i.
1. to make cloth. [obs.]
2. to design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
drape
\drape\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. draped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. draping (?).] [f. draper, fr. drap cloth. see 3d drab.] 1. to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc. the whole people were draped professionally. these starry blossoms, [of the snow] pure and white, soft falling, falling, through the night, have draped the woods and mere.
2. to rail at; to banter. [obs.] w. temple.
Noun
1. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
(synonym) curtain, drapery, mantle, pall
(hypernym) blind, screen
(hyponym) drop curtain, drop cloth, drop
2. the manner in which fabric hangs or falls; "she adjusted the drape of her skirt"
(hypernym) manner, mode, style, way, fashion
3. a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination
(hypernym) covering
Verb
1. arrange in a particular way; "drape a cloth"
(hypernym) arrange, set up
(entail) fold, fold up, turn up
2. place casually; "The cat draped herself on the sofa"
(hypernym) arrange, set up
3. cover or dress loosely with cloth; "drape the statue with a sheet"
(hypernym) cover
Drape Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A curtain (sometimes known as a drape, mainly in the United States) is a piece of cloth intended to block or obscure light, or drafts, or water in the case of a shower curtain. A curtain is also the movable screen or drape in a theater that separates the stage from the auditorium or that serves as a backdrop.
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