drape round
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To wrap something around someone or something.
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- A beautiful silk scarf was draped round her neck.
- He gently draped his jacket round her shoulders to keep her warm.
- The artist draped the fabric round the statue to see how the light would fall.
- A string of ivy had draped itself round the old oak tree.
- She casually draped her arm round his shoulders as they watched the sunset.
- The national flag was solemnly draped round the soldier's coffin.
- For the festive season, we drape garlands round the banisters.
- I found a long-forgotten necklace draped round the post of my bed.
- Be careful how you drape that electrical cord round the furniture.
- The weary traveller draped a heavy cloak round himself against the biting wind.