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CRAPE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface

Synonyms:

crape; crepe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("crape" is a kind of...):

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crape"):

Canton crepe (a soft thick crinkled dress crepe; heavier than crepe de Chine)

crepe de Chine (a very thin crepe of silk or silklike fabric)

crepe marocain; marocain (a dress crepe; similar to Canton crepe)

Derivation:

crape (cover or drape with crape)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small very thin pancake

Synonyms:

crape; crepe; French pancake

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("crape" is a kind of...):

battercake; flannel-cake; flannel cake; flapcake; flapjack; griddlecake; hot cake; hotcake; pancake (a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crape"):

crepe Suzette (crepes flamed in a sweet orange-and-lemon flavored liqueur sauce)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Curl tightly

Example:

crimp hair

Synonyms:

crape; crimp; frizz; frizzle; kink; kink up

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "crape" is one way to...):

curl; wave (twist or roll into coils or ringlets)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They crape their hair

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cover or drape with crape

Example:

crape the mirror

Synonyms:

crape; crepe

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "crape" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

crape (a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface)

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