Definitions for drapes

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drapes drape

Spelling: [dreyp]

IPA: /dreɪp/

Drapes is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 178 anagrams from letters in drapes (adeprs).

Definitions for drapes

noun

1. 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.
2. either of a pair of similar curtains extending or draped at the sides of a window, French doors, or the like as decoration.
3. manner or style of hanging:

verb (used with object)

1. to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
2. to adjust (curtains, clothes, etc.) into graceful folds, attractive lines, etc.
3. to arrange, hang, or let fall carelessly:
4. Medicine/Medical, Surgery. to place cloth so as to surround (a part to be examined, treated, or operated upon).
5. (in reinforced-concrete construction) to hang (reinforcement) in a certain form between two points before pouring the concrete.
6. to put a black cravat on (a flagstaff) as a token of mourning.

verb (used without object)

1. to hang, fall, or become arranged in folds, as drapery:

Origin of drapes

1400-50; late Middle English Middle French draper, derivative of drap cloth (see drab¹)

Examples for drapes

Venus trine Neptune drapes you in glamour, making even your negligence chic.

Magnan shifted from one foot to the other then pushed through the drapes.

Riccardo Tisci at Givenchy, on the other hand, juxtaposed sharp tuxedo jackets with romantic Grecian drapes.

This wonderful atmosphere softens even its ruggedness, and drapes it with hues of enchanting beauty.

The clown who excites the multitudes to mirth is more a benefactor than the conqueror who drapes a thousand homes in mourning.

It drapes many an unsightly stump, or clambers up into shrubs, embowering them with its pretty foliage.

If you want to suss out the cleanliness and hygiene level of any hotel, take a quick look behind furniture and drapes.

Her drapes, died red and orange in the flame, blew about her as she walked toward them.

The room was small and dusky, with heavy Turkish drapes obscuring the dark hallway beyond.

drapes closed, no music, no laughter; finally, Sonia had enough and literally shook Mom by the lapels.