drape
IPA: drˈeɪp
noun
- A curtain; a drapery.
- (textiles) The way in which fabric falls or hangs.
- (US) A member of a youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square.
- A dress made from an entire piece of cloth, without having pieces cut away as in a fitted garment.
verb
- (transitive) To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery.
- (transitive) To spread over, cover.
- To rail at; to banter.
- To make cloth.
- To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
- To hang or rest limply.
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Examples of "drape" in Sentences
- The one with the drape is the one that immediately caught my eye.
- Bush also said that the democrats are measuring windows and picking out "drape" colors.
- The funny looking fishing cap with the big bill and neck drape is less likely to blow off if the wind picks up.
- The drape was a near perfect match in color for the sign on the front of the podium that said "office of the president elect."
- Both, a fabric "drape" on the outside and a plastic liner inside, I thought everyone did it this way. parttimedesign on July 22nd 2010 at 1: 37pm view parttimedesign's
- That's really useful and interesting; I think I'll do some experimenting also with the width of the ruffles affecting "drape", which also hadn't occurred to me, LaBD, but makes sense.
- ACA has all the vanilla acad tools, plus additionals for modelling walls, doors, windows, curtain walls, structural members, roofs, slabs etc. It also has the 'drape' command whereby you can use points or conrours to generate a terrain model.
- We understand what "drape" means when it comes to closing the ones on the windows to keep out the sun and protect our furniture, but for some reason, people find it difficult to understand why they should drape themselves and their daughters in enough cloth to protect their privacy on their bodies.
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