transcription, транскрипция: [ dreɪp ]
( drapes, draping, draped)
1.
If you drape a piece of cloth somewhere, you place it there so that it hangs down in a casual and graceful way.
Natasha took the coat and draped it over her shoulders...
She had a towel draped around her neck.
= hang
VERB : V n prep , V-ed prep
2.
If someone or something is draped in a piece of cloth, they are loosely covered by it.
The coffin had been draped in a Union Jack...
He draped himself in the Canadian flag and went round the track...
VERB : be V-ed in/with n , V n in/with n
3.
If you drape a part of your body somewhere, you lay it there in a relaxed and graceful way.
Nicola slowly draped herself across the couch...
He draped his arm over Daniels’ shoulder...
VERB : V pron-refl prep , V n prep
4.
Drapes are pieces of heavy fabric that you hang from the top of a window and can close to keep the light out or stop people looking in. ( AM; in BRIT, use curtains )
N-COUNT : usu pl