Meaning

6 senses

  1. (transitive)To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery.

    to drape a bust, a building, etc.

    drapieren

    драпіруватиdrapiruvaty

    cover or dress loosely with cloth

  2. (transitive)To spread over, cover.

    I draped my towel over the radiator to dry.

    вкриватиvkryvaty, вкриватисяvkryvatysja, покриватиpokryvaty

    cover as if with clothing

  3. To rail at; to banter.

    1672-679, William Temple, Memoirs At my Arrival , the King asked me many questions about my Journey, about the Congress, draping us for spending him so money

  4. To make cloth.

  5. To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.

    drapieren

  6. To hang or rest limply.

    I draped myself elegantly over the couch.

    завішуватиzavišuvaty, висітиvysity

Examples

36 sentences

  1. Does your carpet match your drapes?

    Чи підходить твій килим до штор?

    ruТвой ковёр подходит к шторам?

    dePasst Ihr Teppich zu Ihren Vorhängen?

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  2. Please close the drapes.

    Будь ласка, закрий штори.

    ruЗакрой шторы, пожалуйста.

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  3. Open the drapes.

    Розчахни штори.

    ruОткрой шторы.

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  4. Can you close the drapes?

    Можеш закрити штори?

    ruМожешь закрыть шторы?

    deKönntest du die Vorhänge zuziehen?

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  5. The carpet clashes with the drapes.

    deDer Teppich beißt sich mit den Vorhängen.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery:
To spread over, to cover with cloth or clothing:
to hang or rest limpily:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery:

Origin

From Middle English drape (“a drape”, noun), from Old French draper (“to drape; to full cl

From Middle English drape (“a drape”, noun), from Old French draper (“to drape; to full cloth”), from drap (“cloth, drabcloth”), from Late Latin drappus, drapus (“drabcloth, kerchief”), a word first recorded in the Capitularies of Charlemagne, probably from Frankish *drapi, *drāpi (“that which is fulled, drabcloth”, literally “that which is struck or for striking”), from Proto-Germanic *drapiz (“a strike, hit, blow”) and Proto-Germanic *drēpiz (“intended for striking, to be beaten”), both from *drepaną (“to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreb- (“to beat, crush, make or become thick”). Cognate with English drub (“to beat”), North Frisian dreep (“a blow”), Low German drapen, dräpen (“to strike”), German treffen (“to meet”), Swedish dräpa (“to slay”). More at drub.

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Forms

drapes, draping, draped, draped
Base formdrape · to drape
3rd person singulardrapes
Present participledraping
Past simpledraped
Past participledraped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydrape
he, she, itdrapes

Past simpleLesson

all personsdraped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave draped
he, she, ithas draped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill drape

Synonyms

4 synonyms
trailB2
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words
Relateddrapery
Deriveddrapabilitydrapeabledrape offmisdrapeoverdraperedrapeundrape

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dramaA1dramaticB1dramaticallyB2dramatistC1draperyB2drasticdrastically
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