Synonyms for drape
dreɪpdrape

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1. curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pallnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   blanket, mantle, pall, curtain, winding-clothes, winding-sheet, drapery, shroud, chimneypiece, cape, mantlepiece, mantelpiece, mantel, chill, cerement, pallium

2. drapenoun

   the manner in which fabric hangs or falls

   "she adjusted the drape of her skirt"

   Synonyms:
   curtain, drapery, mantle, pall

3. drapeverb

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

   Synonyms:
   curtain, drapery, mantle, pall

4. drapeverb

   arrange in a particular way

   "drape a cloth"

   Synonyms:
   cloak, robe, clothe

5. drapeverb

   place casually

   "The cat draped herself on the sofa"

   Synonyms:
   cloak, robe, clothe

6. clothe, cloak, drape, robeverb

   cover as if with clothing

   "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees"

   Synonyms:
   tog, robe, garment, adorn, apparel, dissemble, clothe, invest, mask, vest, habilitate, garb, dress, fit out, enclothe, raiment, cloak

7. drapeverb

   cover or dress loosely with cloth

   "drape the statue with a sheet"

   Synonyms:
   cloak, robe, clothe

Matched Categories

1. • Arrange
   • Blind
   • Cover
   • Furnishing
   • Manner

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1. drapeverb

   Synonyms:
   cover with drapery

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1. Dane Snyder:

   You can drape a light blanket over your newborns car seat and handle, but never put a covering, such as a blanket or a mask, directly over your babys face.

2. Aldous Huxley:

   Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

3. District Judge Tanya Chutkan:

   Mr. Smocks now seeks to somehow compare himself and drape himself in the mantle of civil rights. I, for one, find that offensive, people died fighting for civil rights.