drape

v., draped, drap·ing, drapes.

v.tr.

1. To cover, dress, or hang with or as if with cloth in loose folds: draped the coffin with a flag; a robe that draped her figure. See synonyms at clothe.
2. To arrange or let fall in loose folds: draping the banner from the balcony.
3. To hang or rest limply: draped my legs over the chair.

v.intr.
To fall or hang in loose folds: arranged the cloth to drape over the table legs.

n.

1. A drapery; a curtain.
2. A cloth arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or treatment or during surgery, designed to provide a sterile field around the area being examined or treated or around the operative incision.
3. The way in which cloth falls or hangs: adjusted the drape of the gown.

[Middle English drapen, to weave, from Old French draper, from drap, cloth, from Late Latin drappus.]

verb

1. To cover as if with clothes: cloak, clothe, mantle, robe. See put on/take off.
2. To sit or lie with the limbs spread out awkwardly: loll, sprawl, spread-eagle, straddle. See posture.

v

Definition: hang over, adorn
Antonyms: undrape

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The cloth used to cover the animal for surgery leaving exposed only that part of the body that has been aseptically prepared and is actually required for the surgical procedure. Applying the drapes is called draping.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - drapere
v. intr. - drapere
n. - gardin, draperi, folder

Nederlands (Dutch)
gordijn, draperie, val, snit, lap, draperen, bekleden, (achteloos) leggen

Français (French)
v. tr. - draper de, tendre de
v. intr. - draper, tomber en plis amples
n. - drapé, (US) rideaux (npl)

Deutsch (German)
v. - drapieren, hängen
n. - Vorhang, Gardine, Draperie, Behang

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - επενδύω, ντύνω, κοσμώ/στολίζω/τυλίγω με ύφασμα, κρεμάω, αναρτώ
n. - (για ενδύματα) πέσιμο ή εφαρμογή ρούχου σε σώμα, βαριά κουρτίνα

Italiano (Italian)
drappeggiare, cortina, tenda

Português (Portuguese)
v. - acortinar
n. - cortina (f)

Русский (Russian)
драпировать, штора, драпировка

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - adornar con colgaduras, tapizar, cubrir
v. intr. - adornar con colgaduras
n. - cortina, colgadura

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - drapera, smycka
n. - drapering, draperi

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
覆盖, 装饰, 垂挂, 使呈褶裥状, 呈褶状垂下, 成褶裥状, 帘, 幔, 褶裥, 皱边

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 覆蓋, 裝飾, 垂掛, 使呈褶襉狀
v. intr. - 呈褶狀垂下, 成褶襉狀
n. - 簾, 幔, 褶襉, 皺邊

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 예쁘게 치장하다, ~을 아무렇게나 놓다, ~을 싸다
v. intr. - 예쁜 주름이 잡히다
n. - 늘어진 모양새, 덮는 천

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - カーテン, たるみ, ひだ, ドレープ
v. - 覆う, 垂らしてかける, だらりと投げ出す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعلق ملابس أو ستائر أو قطعه قماش على شئ أو شخص بشكل متدلى, يثني ( الثوب مثلا) على شكل ثنيات (الاسم) ستارة طويله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮כיסה בוילונות, וילן‬
v. intr. - ‮קישט בקפלים, תלה ברפיון‬
n. - ‮וילון, סידור בקפלים, גיזור‬

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