Thesaurus: drape

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1. v. t. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.
2. v. t. To rail at; to banter.
3. v. i. To make cloth.
4. v. i. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
5. n. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
6. n. the manner in which fabric hangs or falls
7. n. a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination
8. v. arrange in a particular way
9. v. place casually
10. v. cover as if with clothing
11. v. cover or dress loosely with cloth
12. 1. To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc. The whole people were draped professionally. De Quincey. These starry blossoms, [of the snow] pure and white, Soft falling, falling, through the night, Have draped the woods and mere. Bungay. 2. To rail at; to banter. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple. 1. To make cloth. [Obs.] Bacon. 2. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.