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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window);
[syn: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall]

2. the manner in which fabric hangs or falls;
- Example: "she adjusted the drape of her skirt"

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;


VERB (4)

1. arrange in a particular way;
- Example: "drape a cloth"

2. place casually;
- Example: "The cat draped herself on the sofa"

3. cover as if with clothing;
- Example: "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees"
[syn: clothe, cloak, drape, robe]

4. cover or dress loosely with cloth;
- Example: "drape the statue with a sheet"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Drape \Drape\ (dr[=a]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Draped; p. pr. & vb. n. Draping.] [F. draper, fr. drap cloth. See 3d Drab.] 1. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc. [1913 Webster] The whole people were draped professionally. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] These starry blossoms, [of the snow] pure and white, Soft falling, falling, through the night, Have draped the woods and mere. --Bungay. [1913 Webster] 2. To rail at; to banter. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Drape \Drape\, v. i. 1. To make cloth. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

drape n 1: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) [syn: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall] 2: the manner in which fabric hangs or falls; "she adjusted the drape of her skirt" 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 v 1: arrange in a particular way; "drape a cloth" 2: place casually; "The cat draped herself on the sofa" 3: cover as if with clothing; "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees" [syn: clothe, cloak, drape, robe] 4: cover or dress loosely with cloth; "drape the statue with a sheet"