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Definitions for Drape

[1] to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
[2] to adjust (curtains, clothes, etc.) into graceful folds, attractive lines, etc.
[3] to arrange, hang, or let fall carelessly: Don't drape your feet over the chair!
[4] Medicine/Medical , Surgery . to place cloth so as to surround (a part to be examined, treated, or operated upon).
[5] (in reinforced-concrete construction) to hang (reinforcement) in a certain form between two points before pouring the concrete.
[6] to put a black cravat on (a flagstaff) as a token of mourning.
[7] to hang, fall, or become arranged in folds, as drapery: This silk drapes well.
[8] a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
[9] either of a pair of similar curtains extending or draped at the sides of a window, French doors, or the like as decoration.
[10] manner or style of hanging: the drape of a skirt.
[11] (tr) to hang or cover with flexible material or fabric, usually in folds; adorn
[12] to hang or arrange or be hung or arranged, esp in folds
[13] (tr) to place casually and loosely; hang she draped her arm over the back of the chair
[14] (often plural) a cloth or hanging that covers something in folds; drapery
[15] the way in which fabric hangs

Words related to Drape

sprawl, don, swathe, hang, dangle, cover, cloak, fold, enclose, envelop, wrap, dress, clothe, model, suspend, droop, spread-eagle, drop, line, roll

Words nearby Drape

drancy, drang, drangway, drank, drap, drape, drape forming, drapeau, draper, drapery, drapes

Origin of Drape

1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French draper, derivative of drap cloth (see drab1)

Other words from Drape

drap·a·ble , drape·a·ble , adjective
drap·a·bil·i·ty , drape·a·bil·i·ty , noun

Word origin for Drape

C15: from Old French draper, from drap piece of cloth; see drab 1

Synonyms for Drape

cloak, clothe, cover, dangle, don, dress, enclose, envelop, fold, hang, sprawl, swathe, wrap, array, display, droop, drop, enwrap, line, model, roll, spread, spread-eagle, suspend, enswathe, lean over, let fall