- to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- to adjust (curtains, clothes, etc.) into graceful folds, attractive lines, etc.
- to arrange, hang, or let fall carelessly: Don't drape your feet over the chair!
- to place cloth so as to surround (a part to be examined, treated, or operated upon).
- (in reinforced-concrete construction) to hang (reinforcement) in a certain form between two points before pouring the concrete.
- to put a black cravat on (a flagstaff) as a token of mourning.
- to hang, fall, or become arranged in folds, as drapery: This silk drapes well.
- a curtain or hanging of heavy fabric and usually considerable length, especially either of a pair for covering a window and drawn open and shut horizontally.
- either of a pair of similar curtains extending or draped at the sides of a window, French doors, or the like as decoration.
- manner or style of hanging: the drape of a skirt.
- to hang or cover with flexible material or fabric, usually in folds; adorn
- to hang or arrange or be hung or arranged, esp in folds
- to place casually and loosely; hang
- a cloth or hanging that covers something in folds; drapery
- the way in which fabric hangs
