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drape
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.For further exploring for "drape" in Webster Dictionary Online