drapes

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/dɹeɪps/ English

Definitions

noun

A curtain; a drapery.
The way in which fabric falls or hangs.
A member of a youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square
A dress made from an entire piece of cloth, without having pieces cut away as in a fitted garment.

verb

To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery“to drape a bust, a building, etc.”
To spread over, cover.“I draped my towel over the radiator to dry.”
To rail at; to banter.
To make cloth.

noun

Heavy cloth hung over a window.

Related words

Synonyms

curtains drapery curtain pall mantle pose linens sheets shades fields bedsheets blinds champs doors draperies lamps

Associated

lungi drape boudin bedding carpet furnishings gilded chairs evenly shoulders velvet

Rhymes

traipse sour grapes gapes rapes stapes grapes apes tapes scrapes shapes

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