Definitions for crape
kreɪpcrape

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crape, crepe, French pancakenoun

   small very thin pancake

2. crepe, crapeverb

   a soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface

3. crape, crepeverb

   cover or drape with crape

   "crape the mirror"

4. crimp, crape, frizzle, frizz, kink up, kinkverb

   curl tightly

   "crimp hair"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. crapenoun

   Crepe.

2. crapenoun

   Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband.

3. crapeverb

   To form into ringlets; to curl or crimp.

4. Etymology: Alteration of crepe, from crespe, from crispus

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Crapenoun

   A thin stuff, loosely woven, of which the dress of the clergy is sometimes made.

   Etymology: crepa, low Latin.

   And proud Roxana, fir’d with jealous rage,
   With fifty yards of crape shall sweep the stage. Jonathan Swift.

   Nor thou, lord Arthur, shall escape:
   To thee I often call’d in vain,
   Against that assassin in crape;
   Yet thou could’st tamely see me slain. Jonathan Swift.

   ’Tis from high life high characters are drawn;
   A saint in crape, is twice a saint in lawn. Alexander Pope, Epistle i.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crape

   Crape, often spelled as Crepe, is a type of lightweight fabric known for its crinkled, crimped, or grained surface texture. It can be made from various materials including silk, wool, or synthetic fibers. It is commonly used in fashion for dresses, blouses, scarves, as well as for drapery in funeral traditions in some cultures.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Crapenoun

   a thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen

2. Crapenoun

   to form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the hair; to crape silk

3. Etymology: [F. crper, fr. L. crispare to curl, crisp, fr. crispus. See Crape, n.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Crape

   Crape or crepe is a silk, wool, or polyester fabric of a gauzy texture, having a peculiar crisp or crimpy appearance. Silk crape is woven of hard spun silk yarn in the gum or natural condition. There are two distinct varieties of the textile: soft, Canton, or Oriental crape, and hard or crisped crape. Thin crêpe is called crêpe de Chine. The wavy appearance of Canton crape results from the peculiar manner in which the weft is prepared, the yarn from two bobbins being twisted together in the reverse way. The fabric when woven is smooth and even, having no crape appearance, but when the gum is subsequently extracted by boiling, it at once becomes soft, and the weft, losing its twist, gives the fabric the waved structure which constitutes its distinguishing feature. Canton crapes are used, either white or colored, for scarves and shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc. The crisp and elastic structure of hard crape is not produced either in the spinning or in the weaving, but is due to processes through which the gauze passes after it is woven. In 1911, the details of these processes were known to only a few manufacturers, who so jealously guarded their secrets that, in some cases, the different stages in the manufacture were conducted in towns far removed from each other. Commercially they are distinguished as single, double, three-ply and four-ply crapes, according to the nature of the yarn used in their manufacture. They are almost exclusively dyed black and used in mourning dress.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Crape

   krāp, n. a thin silk fabric, tightly twisted, without removing the natural gum—usually dyed black, used for mournings.—adj. made of crape.—v.t. to clothe with crape: to frizzle (hair).—adj. Crap′y. [O. Fr. crespe (Fr. crêpe)—L. crispus, crisp.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CRAPE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Crape is ranked #85357 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Crape surname appeared 219 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Crape.
   
   53.8% or 118 total occurrences were White.
   40.6% or 89 total occurrences were Black.
   5.4% or 12 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Cover
   • Curl
   • Pancake

Anagrams for crape »

1. caper

2. pacer

3. Pacer

4. recap

5. perca

How to pronounce crape?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say crape in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of crape in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of crape in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=crape
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Crape
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=crape
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crape
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=crape
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=crape
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html