drape

1. 1.

   hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

   Synonymscurtaindraperymantlepall

   Broaderblindfurnishing

   Narrowerdrop curtainfestoonfrontalportiereshower curtaintheater curtain

   Partseyelet
2. 2.

   the manner in which fabric hangs or falls

   “she adjusted the drape of her skirt”

   Broadermanner
3. 3.

   a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination

   Broadercovering

Other forms of drape

plural

drapes·

past tense

draped·

present participle

draping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about drape

What does drape mean?

drape means "arrange in a particular way". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in drape?

drape has 1 syllable: drape. In IPA it is /ˈdɹeɪp/.

What is another word for drape?

Close synonyms include clothe, cloak, robe, curtain, drapery. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is drape a common word?

drape is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.