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drape
noun
1 drape
Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window).
synonyms: curtain, drapery, mantle, pall.
Dutch: lijkkleed, doek, gordijn, voorhangsel
Polish: zasłona
2 drape
The manner in which fabric hangs or falls.
3 drape
A sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination.
verb
1 drape
Arrange in a particular way.
2 drape
3 drape
Cover as if with clothing.
synonyms: cloak, clothe, robe.
Roget 225:
invest;
cover
etc.
223;
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
etc.
(ornament)
847;
perk,
equip,
harness,
caparison.
wear;
don;
put on,
huddle on,
slip on;
mantle.
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Dutch: kleden
4 drape
Cover or dress loosely with cloth.
Moby thesaurus: 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 up ... show more.
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