Drawed vs Draped - What's the difference?
drawed | draped |
(dialectal) (draw)
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* {{quote-book, year=1882, author=Louisa M. Alcott, title=Kitty's Class Day And Other Stories, chapter=, edition=
, passage=I jest bounced intew the kitchen, chucked my hat intew one corner, my coat intew 'nother, kicked the cat, cussed the fire, drawed up a chair, and set scaoulin' like sixty, bein' tew mad fer talkin'. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1915, author=Zane Grey, title=The Lone Star Ranger, chapter=, edition=
, passage=He was watchin' of you close, he said, an' just couldn't follow your hand when you drawed . }}
(drape)
(UK) A curtain, a drapery.
The way in which fabric falls or hangs.
(US) See drapes.
(US) A youth subculture distinguished by its sharp dress, especially peg-leg pants (1950s: e.g. Baltimore, MD). Antonym: square
To cover or adorn with drapery or folds of cloth, or as with drapery; as, to drape a bust, a building, etc.
* De Quincey
* Bungay
To .
To make cloth.
To design drapery, arrange its folds, etc., as for hangings, costumes, statues, etc.
To hang or rest ly
To spread over, cover.
As verbs the difference between drawed and draped
is that drawed is past tense of draw while draped is past tense of drape.drawed
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(drap)- The whole people were draped professionally.
- These starry blossoms, pure and white, / Soft falling, falling, through the night, / Have draped the woods and mere.