[
US
/ˈdɹeɪpt/
]
[ UK /dɹˈeɪpt/ ]
[ UK /dɹˈeɪpt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
cloud-wrapped peaks
a beam draped with cobwebs
leaf-clothed trees
fog-cloaked meadows -
covered in folds of cloth
velvet-draped windows
How To Use draped In A Sentence
- He carefully draped it over Ramirez, and soon the warmth from the luxuriant fur stilled his chattering teeth and banished the damp.
- And the Bridal Show, for married women, seemed to do just that by focusing on the Indianess of contestants who were draped in variety of colourful sarees and mesmerizing gagra cholis that dazzled with every step.
- Two flannels, draped across this, were mermaids, who swam and flopped and basked on islands of flesh.
- Her green jacket was loosely draped in the crook of her elbow, and her jeans were clean, as if they had been purchased recently.
- Long pieces of sheer pink fabric were draped over the high white painted metal bedposts and the bars above that attached them.
- Achan, the head monk, draped in the colours of the dawn, unlatches the door to a large metal cage.
- This wine is ideal with slices of cool turkey, dusted with a little sea salt and draped over a crisp lettuce bed on rye bread.
- The bridge can be a little confusing when conditions deteriorate, as it is draped in trawl net, but a diver can see and swim inside many parts of it.
- Banish thoughts of decorative church kneelers, of draped antimacassars or folklorish costumes. Times, Sunday Times
- He took off his coat and draped it over a chair.