drape
/dɹeɪp/ verb C2- To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery. · to drape a bust, a building, etc.
- To spread over, cover. · I draped my towel over the radiator to dry.
- 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. · I draped myself elegantly over the couch.
He/she/it drapes · Past draped · Past participle draped · -ing form draping
Verb forms
- Base form
- drape
- He/she/it
- drapes
- Past
- draped
- Past participle
- draped
- -ing form
- draping
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It was a nice equipment for a respectable citizen to carry through the dim, fog-draped streets.
Diana and Ruby and I are to be in it, all draped in white with flowing hair.
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 whole front was draped in ivy, with a patch clipped bare here and there where a window or a coat of arms broke through the dark veil.
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