You can always drape your jacket over your chair if you need a place to put it.
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Drape
//dɹeɪp//
Synonyms for "drape" (121 found)
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Translations
40 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- драпирам verb (to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery)
- обвивам verb (To spread over, to cover with cloth or clothing)
Czech
4 entries- pokrýt verb (to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery)
- přehodit verb (to hang or rest limpily)
- přikrýt verb (to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery)
- rozvěsit verb (to hang or rest limpily)
Dutch
1 entries- bekleden verb (to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery)
Estonian
2 entries- drapeerima verb (to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery)
- drapeerima verb (to design drapery, arrange its folds, etc.)
Finnish
4 entries- drapeerata verb (to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery)
- drapeerata verb (to design drapery, arrange its folds, etc.)
- hassutella verb (to rail at; to banter)
- peittää verb (to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery)
French
1 entries- draper verb (to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery)
German
2 entries- drapieren verb (to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery)
- drapieren verb (to design drapery, arrange its folds, etc.)
Italian
3 entries- drappeggiare verb (to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery)
- tappezzare verb (to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery)
- tappezzare verb (To spread over, to cover with cloth or clothing)
Māori
2 entries- tiepa verb (To spread over, to cover with cloth or clothing)
- tiepa verb (to hang or rest limpily)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- زارلامق verb (to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery)
Portuguese
1 entries- drapejar verb (to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery)
Romanian
1 entries- drapa verb (to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery)
Spanish
4 entries- acomodar verb (to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery)
- colocar verb (to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery)
- cubrir verb (to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery)
- drapear verb (to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery)
Swedish
2 entries- drapera verb (to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery)
- drapera verb (to design drapery, arrange its folds, etc.)
Ukrainian
4 entries- висіти verb (to hang or rest limpily)
- вкривати verb (To spread over, to cover with cloth or clothing)
- вкриватися verb (To spread over, to cover with cloth or clothing)
- драпірувати verb (to cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
The wealthy display their dazzling luxury, the poor drape themselves proudly in their rags.
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to drape a bust, a building, etc.
Source: wiktionary
The whole people were still draped professionally.
Source: wiktionary
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