drape
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /dɹeɪp/
drape (plural drapes)
- (UK) A curtain; a drapery.
- (textiles) The way in which fabric falls or hangs.
- (US) See drapes.
- (US) A member of a youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square
- A dress made from an entire piece of cloth, without having pieces cut away as in a fitted garment.
drape (drapes, present participle draping; past and past participle draped)
- (transitive) To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
- to drape a bust, a building, etc.
- The whole people were draped professionally.
- These starry blossoms, pure and white, / Soft falling, falling, through the night, / Have draped the woods and mere.
- (transitive) To spread over, cover.
- I draped my towel over the radiator to dry.
- To rail#Verb|rail at; to banter#Verb|banter.
- To make cloth.
- To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
- To hang or rest limp#Adjective|limply
- French: draper
- German: drapieren
- Italian: drappeggiare, tappezzare
- Portuguese: drapejar
- Spanish: cubrir, colocar, acomodar
- German: drapieren
- Italian: tappezzare
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