Drape
verb
To cover or decorate something with cloth or clothes.
She draped the sofa with a throw to protect it.
Often appears as...
- drape something over
- drape something with
verb
To hang loosely or spread out informally.
He draped his arm around her shoulder.
Often appears as...
- drape over
- drape around
noun
A curtain or piece of hanging cloth.
She pulled back the heavy velvet drapes.
Often appears as...
- heavy drapes
- velvet drapes
noun
The way a garment hangs or is arranged on a body.
The dress has a beautiful drape.
Often appears as...
- beautiful drape
- elegant drape
Usage tips
Fashion
verb
To cover or decorate something with cloth or clothes.
She draped the sofa with a throw to protect it.
Often appears as...
- drape something over
- drape something with
verb
To hang loosely or spread out informally.
He draped his arm around her shoulder.
Often appears as...
- drape over
- drape around
noun
A curtain or piece of hanging cloth.
She pulled back the heavy velvet drapes.
Often appears as...
- heavy drapes
- velvet drapes
noun
The way a garment hangs or is arranged on a body.
The dress has a beautiful drape.
Often appears as...
- beautiful drape
- elegant drape
Usage tips
Fashion
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Decorative Use
Drape often refers to adding an aesthetic touch to an object.
She draped fairy lights over the mantelpiece for the party.
Pro Tip 2/2Temporary Arrangement
'Drape' can imply a temporary or non-permanent setup.
He draped a blanket over the car's windshield to prevent frost.
Pro Tip 1/2Decorative Use
Drape often refers to adding an aesthetic touch to an object.
She draped fairy lights over the mantelpiece for the party.
Pro Tip 2/2Temporary Arrangement
'Drape' can imply a temporary or non-permanent setup.
He draped a blanket over the car's windshield to prevent frost.
Pro Tip 1/2Decorative Use
Drape often refers to adding an aesthetic touch to an object.
She draped fairy lights over the mantelpiece for the party.
Pro Tip 2/2Temporary Arrangement
'Drape' can imply a temporary or non-permanent setup.
He draped a blanket over the car's windshield to prevent frost.
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Fashion that celebrates...
But many fashion designers continue to reinforce this narrow definition of beauty. From the way they are taught in school and into the real world, they drape on mannequins that are only size four, or sketch on bodies that are super stretched out and not anatomically proportioned.
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Making Simply Beautiful...
love and what it means in different cultures around the world and I was walking by a cafe and I was I was drawn to the sort of the gesture of the leg and the way that her white skirt draped over her leg so I just snapped a few pictures and then then when I saw that
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Water Discovered In...
You can see there's a little pimple in the data, just over there. This looks intriguing. This is not what we expect. We expect on a rocky moon for the magnetic field to drape over it, a bit like a nice peaceful curtain draping over a window that's not
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Creating biologically...
forced to remain in contact with its soft ground enticing you to lay down relax and mingle kids had a blast crawling into a secret hideout this loosely moving aside drape Spanish moss discovering itself interior they transported them to a world far
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What we didn't know...
but one like this one -- because, functionally, a skeleton is any system that supports tissue and transmits forces. And I already knew that animals like this earthworm, indeed most animals, don't support their tissues by draping them over bones.
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Cheyenne Cochrane: A...
embracing this movement and others like this help us to rise above the confines of the status quo. So when you see a woman with braids or locks draping down her back, or you notice your colleague who has stopped straightening her hair to work,
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Why do we kiss under...
We see mistletoe as a festive decoration, but draped on tree boughs in the wild, it's known as a partly parasitic plant. Mistletoe relies on modified roots called haustoria that penetrate the tree bark and siphon off the water and minerals
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Alex Smith: An NFL...
I completely lost that perspective. You might as well have taken that white sheet I was hiding behind and draped it over my face because I wasn't really living. And once again, I needed somebody to help me snap out of it.
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Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...
lying together curled up amongst to each other the head of one wolf draped over the shoulder of another in a gesture that was both assertive yet affectionate more than anything else this is the
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Dino Autopsy PIPE National...
have fossilized with most of its skin and organs intact so that is the actual skin envelope here as well yeah they come up to and then it's draped over there it's more massively deep the tile
Video examples
Fashion that celebrates...
But many fashion designers continue to reinforce this narrow definition of beauty. From the way they are taught in school and into the real world, they drape on mannequins that are only size four, or sketch on bodies that are super stretched out and not anatomically proportioned.
Video examples
Making Simply Beautiful...
love and what it means in different cultures around the world and I was walking by a cafe and I was I was drawn to the sort of the gesture of the leg and the way that her white skirt draped over her leg so I just snapped a few pictures and then then when I saw that
Video examples
Water Discovered In...
You can see there's a little pimple in the data, just over there. This looks intriguing. This is not what we expect. We expect on a rocky moon for the magnetic field to drape over it, a bit like a nice peaceful curtain draping over a window that's not
Video examples
Creating biologically...
forced to remain in contact with its soft ground enticing you to lay down relax and mingle kids had a blast crawling into a secret hideout this loosely moving aside drape Spanish moss discovering itself interior they transported them to a world far
Video examples
What we didn't know...
but one like this one -- because, functionally, a skeleton is any system that supports tissue and transmits forces. And I already knew that animals like this earthworm, indeed most animals, don't support their tissues by draping them over bones.
Video examples
Cheyenne Cochrane: A...
embracing this movement and others like this help us to rise above the confines of the status quo. So when you see a woman with braids or locks draping down her back, or you notice your colleague who has stopped straightening her hair to work,
Video examples
Why do we kiss under...
We see mistletoe as a festive decoration, but draped on tree boughs in the wild, it's known as a partly parasitic plant. Mistletoe relies on modified roots called haustoria that penetrate the tree bark and siphon off the water and minerals
Video examples
Alex Smith: An NFL...
I completely lost that perspective. You might as well have taken that white sheet I was hiding behind and draped it over my face because I wasn't really living. And once again, I needed somebody to help me snap out of it.
Video examples
Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...
lying together curled up amongst to each other the head of one wolf draped over the shoulder of another in a gesture that was both assertive yet affectionate more than anything else this is the
Video examples
Dino Autopsy PIPE National...
have fossilized with most of its skin and organs intact so that is the actual skin envelope here as well yeah they come up to and then it's draped over there it's more massively deep the tile
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Tara Stiles
American Model
We experience happiness as a series of pleasing moments. They come and go like clouds, unpredictable, fleeting, and without responsibility to our desires. Through honest self-work, reflection, and meditation, we begin to string more of these moments together, creating a web-like design of happiness that drapes around our lives.
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Jason Bateman
American Actor
Kids want you to take them to whatever kid movie is opening, and you just hope it's good because you're going to buy a ticket, no matter what. If it's no good, you kind of drape your arm over your kid so they don't get smashed, and you take a little nap.
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Sonakshi Sinha
Indian Actress
To be very honest, I cannot drape a saree myself. I have never draped one on my own, ever. But it has been done on me so many times, that now I have memorised all the steps, and if someone challenges me, I will surely be able to do it.
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Perfume Genius
American Musician
When I started to allow myself to not be locked into wearing men's clothes, things kind of opened up. It feels very kind to drape yourself in something that feels special.
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Karl Lagerfeld
German Designer
I never - you know also one of the things that would save me for a man my age, it was not that easy to lose that much weight and fall down and look like something draped.
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Whitney Wolfe Herd
American Businesswoman
I sleep with the drapes open to rise with the sun. I think that's a healthy thing to do because even if you don't like to wake up early, your body does adjust.
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Ricky Whittle
British Actor
I have always thought beach weddings are beautiful. A sunset ceremony with a beautiful sky, white drapes and fire lanterns.
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Zac Posen
American Designer
I try to push design boundaries using new draping and fabric manipulation techniques every time I approach a new design.
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Geoffrey Beene
American Designer
I come in. I'm going to sketch, I'm going to drape, I don't know what I'm going to do.
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Katie Melua
Georgian Musician
I do tend to drape my real feelings with pretty words and different layers and stuff.
Quote examples
Tara Stiles
American Model
We experience happiness as a series of pleasing moments. They come and go like clouds, unpredictable, fleeting, and without responsibility to our desires. Through honest self-work, reflection, and meditation, we begin to string more of these moments together, creating a web-like design of happiness that drapes around our lives.
Quote examples
Jason Bateman
American Actor
Kids want you to take them to whatever kid movie is opening, and you just hope it's good because you're going to buy a ticket, no matter what. If it's no good, you kind of drape your arm over your kid so they don't get smashed, and you take a little nap.
Quote examples
Sonakshi Sinha
Indian Actress
To be very honest, I cannot drape a saree myself. I have never draped one on my own, ever. But it has been done on me so many times, that now I have memorised all the steps, and if someone challenges me, I will surely be able to do it.
Quote examples
Perfume Genius
American Musician
When I started to allow myself to not be locked into wearing men's clothes, things kind of opened up. It feels very kind to drape yourself in something that feels special.
Quote examples
Karl Lagerfeld
German Designer
I never - you know also one of the things that would save me for a man my age, it was not that easy to lose that much weight and fall down and look like something draped.
Quote examples
Whitney Wolfe Herd
American Businesswoman
I sleep with the drapes open to rise with the sun. I think that's a healthy thing to do because even if you don't like to wake up early, your body does adjust.
Quote examples
Ricky Whittle
British Actor
I have always thought beach weddings are beautiful. A sunset ceremony with a beautiful sky, white drapes and fire lanterns.
Quote examples
Zac Posen
American Designer
I try to push design boundaries using new draping and fabric manipulation techniques every time I approach a new design.
Quote examples
Geoffrey Beene
American Designer
I come in. I'm going to sketch, I'm going to drape, I don't know what I'm going to do.
Quote examples
Katie Melua
Georgian Musician
I do tend to drape my real feelings with pretty words and different layers and stuff.
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