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Draped

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Adjective

1. cloaked, clothed, draped, mantled, wrapped

covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak

Example Sentences:
'leaf-clothed trees'
'fog-cloaked meadows'
'a beam draped with cobwebs'
'cloud-wrapped peaks'

2. draped

covered in folds of cloth

Example Sentences:
'velvet-draped windows'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Draped

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verb
1. (transitive)
to hang or cover with flexible material or fabric, usually in folds; adorn
2. 
to hang or arrange or be hung or arranged, esp in folds
3. (transitive)
to place casually and loosely; hang
she draped her arm over the back of the chair
noun
4. (often plural)
a cloth or hanging that covers something in folds; drapery
5. 
the way in which fabric hangs

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Draped

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verb transitiveWord forms: draped or ˈdraping
1. 
to cover, hang, or decorate with or as with cloth or clothes in loose folds
2. 
to arrange (a garment, cloth, etc.) artistically in folds or hangings
verb intransitive
3. 
to hang or fall in folds, as a garment, cloth, etc.
noun
4. 
a. 
cloth hanging in loose folds, or hanging loosely from the thing that it covers
a surgical drape
b. 
a heavy curtain that hangs in loose folds; esp., either of a pair of such curtains
5. 
the manner in which cloth hangs or is cut to hang, as in a garment

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Draped

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v. draped, drap·ing, drapes
v.tr.
1. To cover, hang, or decorate with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure.
2. To arrange or let fall in loose folds: draping the banner from the balcony.
3. To hang or rest limply: draped my legs over the chair.
v.intr.
To fall or hang in loose folds: arranged the cloth to drape over the table legs.
n.
1. A drapery; a curtain.
2. A paper or cloth covering placed over a patient's body during medical examination or treatment, designed to provide privacy or a sterile operative field.
3. The way in which cloth falls or hangs: adjusted the drape of the gown.

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