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Plural for a piece of cloth typically used for covering something
“Hang the drape over your bedroom windows to shade the room.”
Soft furnishings
An outfit featuring a suit with broad shoulders, a long coat, and baggy trousers that taper to a tight fit at the ankles
A piece of material suspended at the top to form a screen, typically movable sideways along a rail and found as one of a pair at a window
Clothes, especially fine or formal ones
Plural for a decorative piece of fabric or curtain hung on the wall of a room or around a bed
Plural for each of a pair of hinged panels fixed inside or outside a window that can be closed for security or privacy or to keep out the light
Plural for a wreath of flowers and leaves, worn on the head or hung as a decoration
To cover or wrap loosely with folds of cloth
“During rainy or cold days, you should drape your baby in warm sheets.”
To make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
“Drape the table in layered linens to emphasize the importance of the scene.”
To dangle or hang something up or over
“One foot was out of the stirrup, allowing him to drape his leg over the horn of the saddle.”
To place (a piece of cloth) somewhere casually
“The correct etiquette is to drape your coat over the back of the chair.”
(somewhat rare) To cover or conceal
“He would drape his true intentions with an air of benevolence.”
To outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
To fit padding, stuffing, springs, webbing and fabric covering to (furniture)
To put into a spread-eagle position, with arms and legs extended and spread
Bend or hang downwards limply
To create or form a layer over
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