DRAPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drape mean? 

• DRAPE (noun)
  The noun DRAPE has 3 senses:

1. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

2. the manner in which fabric hangs or falls

3. a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination

  Familiarity information: DRAPE used as a noun is uncommon.

• DRAPE (verb)
  The verb DRAPE has 4 senses:

1. arrange in a particular way

2. place casually

3. cover as if with clothing

4. cover or dress loosely with cloth

  Familiarity information: DRAPE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRAPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

curtain; drape; drapery; mantle; pall

Hypernyms ("drape" is a kind of...):

blind; screen (a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight)

furnishing ((usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable)

Meronyms (parts of "drape"):

eyehole; eyelet (a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drape"):

drop; drop cloth; drop curtain (a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery)

festoon (a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves)

frontal (a drapery that covers the front of an altar)

portiere (a heavy curtain hung across a doorway)

shower curtain (a curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area)

theater curtain; theatre curtain (a hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The manner in which fabric hangs or falls

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

she adjusted the drape of her skirt

Hypernyms ("drape" is a kind of...):

fashion; manner; mode; style; way (how something is done or how it happens)

Derivation:

drape (arrange in a particular way)

drape (cover or dress loosely with cloth)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("drape" is a kind of...):

covering (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))

• DRAPE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they drape    ... he / she / it drapes   
Past simple: draped   
Past participle: draped   
-ing form: draping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arrange in a particular way

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

drape a cloth

Hypernyms (to "drape" is one way to...):

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

"Drape" entails doing...:

fold; fold up; turn up (bend or lay so that one part covers the other)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

drape (the manner in which fabric hangs or falls)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Place casually

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

The cat draped herself on the sofa

Hypernyms (to "drape" is one way to...):

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cover as if with clothing

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

cloak; clothe; drape; robe

Context example:

the mountain was clothed in tropical trees

Hypernyms (to "drape" is one way to...):

cover; spread over (form a cover over)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cover or dress loosely with cloth

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

drape the statue with a sheet

Hypernyms (to "drape" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

drape (the manner in which fabric hangs or falls)

drapery (cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds)

 Context examples 

It’s draped with twisted magnetic field lines and swooping electrons and ions.

(FIREBIRD II and NASA Mission Locate Whistling Space Electrons’ Origins, NASA)

The Lhasa Apso has a long, heavy, double coat, draping over his entire body to the floor.

(Lhasa Apso, NCI Thesaurus)

The shadows of evening had fallen, and the corners of the long, low, wood-panelled room were draped in darkness.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And yet behind this outer veiling of folly, with which they so carefully draped themselves, they were often men of strong character and robust personality.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It stood on a small pedestal table with an old dressing-gown of Holmes’s so draped round it that the illusion from the street was absolutely perfect.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

By draping multiple layers of graphene over a step just one to five atoms high, the researchers created a controlled and precise way of measuring how the material would bend in different configurations.

(Graphene: The more you bend it, the softer it gets, National Science Foundation)

Its shoulders were humped, and round them were draped what appeared to be a faded gray shawl.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was a nice equipment for a respectable citizen to carry through the dim, fog-draped streets.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They were mere skeletons, draped loosely in draggled hides, with blazing eyes and slavered fangs.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

It seems that magnetic fields have draped themselves over the cold front, acting almost like a shield against the barrage of forces from the rest of the cluster.

(Scientists Surprised by Relentless Cosmic Cold Front, NASA)