crape

A noun referring to a type of thin, crinkled fabric, often black and historically associated with mourning attire.

• 🌐اسم يشير إلى نوع من الأقمشة الرقيقة المجعّدة، وغالبًا ما يكون أسود اللون، ويرتبط تاريخيًا بملابس الحداد.

1. Fabric C1 formal

   A thin, crinkled fabric made from silk, cotton, or synthetic fibers, often used for mourning clothes or decorations.

   • She wore a black crape dress to the funeral.
   • The crape fabric was used to drape the memorial wreath.
   • He bought a crape ribbon for the mourning ceremony.

   🌐كريب

   المرادفات: crepe

2. Mourning symbol C1 formal british

   A piece of black crape worn as a sign of mourning.

   • The widow wore a crape on her hat.
   • They tied a crape around the door handle as a sign of grief.
   • The crape was removed after the period of mourning ended.

   🌐رمز الحداد

   المرادفات: crepemourning bandweeper

• crapes plural form
• crapes' possessive plural form
• crape's possessive singular form

An archaic or obsolete verb meaning to make a crackling sound, or to creak; also a variant spelling of 'crepe' in the context of fabric, but as a verb it is largely out of use.

• 🌐فعل قديم أو مهجور يعني إصدار صوت طقطقة أو صرير؛ كما يُستعمل كصيغة فعلية لكلمة 'كريب' في سياق القماش، لكنه نادر الاستعمال كفعل.

1. To cover or drape with crape C2 formal british

   To cover or decorate something with crape fabric, often as a sign of mourning.

   • The family crape the door in black for the funeral.
   • They crape the portrait of the deceased with a black cloth.
   • The church was crape for the memorial service.

   🌐تغطية بالكريب

   المرادفات: coverdrapeshroudveil

• craped past participle
• craped past simple
• craping present participle
• crapes third person singular