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drape
Pronunciation: (drāp), [key]
—v., draped, drap•ing,
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v.t.
1. to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, esp. 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. Med., Surg.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.
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v.i.
to hang, fall, or become arranged in folds, as drapery:
This silk drapes well.
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n.
1. a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, esp. either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
2. either of a pair of similar curtains extending or draped at the sides of a window, French doors, or the like as decoration.
3. manner or style of hanging:
the drape of a skirt. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
