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. Aldous Huxley:

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

2. 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.

3. 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.