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  1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To rail at; to banter. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. i. To make cloth. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. i. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. the manner in which fabric hangs or falls Source: wordnet
  7. 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 Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. arrange in a particular way Source: wordnet
  9. 9. v. place casually Source: wordnet
  10. 10. v. cover as if with clothing Source: wordnet
  11. 11. v. cover or dress loosely with cloth Source: wordnet
  12. 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. Source: webster

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