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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drape \Drape\, 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 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drape \Drape\, v. i. 1. To make cloth. [Obs.] --Bacon. 2. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: drape n : hanging cloth used as a blind [syn: {curtain}, {drapery}, {mantle}, {pall}] v 1: arrange in a particular way "drape a cloth" 2: place casually; "The cat draped herself on the sofa" [syn: {pose}] 3: cover or dress loosely with cloth; "drape the statue with a sheet"
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