different between drape vs undraped
drape
English
Etymology
From Middle English drape (“a drape”, noun), from Old French draper (“to drape; to full cloth”), from drap (“cloth, drabcloth”), from Late Latin drappus, drapus (“drabcloth, kerchief”), a word first recorded in the Capitularies of Charlemagne, probably from Frankish *drapi, *dr?pi (“that which is fulled, drabcloth”, literally “that which is struck or for striking”), from Proto-Germanic *drapiz (“a strike, hit, blow”) and Proto-Germanic *dr?piz (“intended for striking, to be beaten”), both from *drepan? (“to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?reb- (“to beat, crush, make or become thick”). Cognate with English drub (“to beat”), North Frisian dreep (“a blow”), Low German drapen, dräpen (“to strike”), German treffen (“to meet”), Swedish dräpa (“to slay”). More at drub.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?e?p/
- Rhymes: -e?p
Noun
drape (plural drapes)
- (Britain) A curtain; a drapery.
- (textiles) The way in which fabric falls or hangs.
- (US) A member of a youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square
- A dress made from an entire piece of cloth, without having pieces cut away as in a fitted garment.
Related terms
- drapes
Translations
References
- Time.com: MANNERS & MORALS: The Drapes [1]
Verb
drape (third-person singular simple present drapes, present participle draping, simple past and past participle draped)
- (transitive) To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery
- 1840, Thomas De Quincey, Theory of Greek Tragedy
- The whole people were still draped professionally.
- a. 1892, George Washington Bungay, The Artists of the Air
- These starry blossoms, pure and white, / Soft falling, falling, through the night, / Have draped the woods and mere.
- 1840, Thomas De Quincey, Theory of Greek Tragedy
- (transitive) To spread over, cover.
- To rail at; to banter.
- 1672-679, William Temple, Memoirs
- At my Arrival , the King asked me many questions about my Journey, about the Congress, draping us for spending him so money
- 1672-679, William Temple, Memoirs
- To make cloth.
- To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
- To hang or rest limply
Translations
Anagrams
- Padre, dreap, padre, pared, raped, repad
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?ap/
Verb
drape
- first-person singular present indicative of draper
- third-person singular present indicative of draper
- first-person singular present subjunctive of draper
- third-person singular present subjunctive of draper
- second-person singular imperative of draper
Sranan Tongo
Alternative forms
- dape
Etymology
From *dra (from Dutch daar) + pe.
Adverb
drape
- there
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undraped
English
Etymology
un- +? draped
Adjective
undraped (not comparable)
- Not draped.
Anagrams
- underpad
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