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Definition: Crape |
CrapeNoun1. Small very thin pancake. 2. A soft thin light fabric with a crinkled surface. Verb1. Cover with crape. 2. Curl tightly, of hair. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "crape" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Industry | Articles consisting of a sliver, generally of wool or other animal hair, interlaced on two parallel strings and having the appearance of a plait. Source: European Union. (references) |
Chemical Industry | To cover, clothe, or drape with crepe. . . . . crepe: a thin, light fabric of silk, cotton, or other fiber, with a finely crinkled or ridged surface. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of seeing crape hanging from a door, denotes that you will hear of the sudden death of some relative or friend. To see a person dressed in crape, indicates that sorrow, other than death, will possess you. It is bad for business and trade. To the young, it implies lovers' disputes and separations. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Industry | Slightly creped, uncrushable woolen fabric obtained by weaving highly twisted yarns. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: CrapeSynonyms: crepe (v), crimp (v), frizz (v), frizzle (v), kink (v), kink up (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Convolution | Verb: be convoluted; Adjective:wind, twine, turn and twist, twirl; wave, undulate, meander; inosculate; entwine, intwine; twist, coil, roll; wrinkle, curl, crisp, twill; frizzle; crimp, crape, indent, scollop, scallop, wring, intort; contort; wreathe; (cross). |
Lamentation | Mourning, weeds, willow, cypress, crape, deep mourning; sackcloth and ashes; lachrymatory; knell; deep death song, dirge, coronach, nenia, requiem, elegy, epicedium; threne; monody, threnody; jeremiad, jeremiade; ullalulla. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Crape |
| English words defined with "crape": Canton crape, Crape myrtle, Craped, Craping, Crapy, crepe ♦ Nacarat ♦ pyinma. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "crape": COOL CRAPE. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "crape": GRAPE. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Crape" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Manx (crape, crepe). |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | She wore a dress of black damask, a mantle of the same, and a white crape hat. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Crape" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Crape" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "crape" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Crape | Last name | 100 | 73,954 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "crape": Canton crape ♦ crape fern ♦ crape jasmine ♦ Crape myrtle ♦ ORGAN MOUNTAIN CRAPE ♦ oriental crape ♦ Queen's crape myrtle ♦ Victoria crape. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "crape"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tyl zie, krep (clod, crepe, knob, mammock), çartaqejf. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عصابة من كريب. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | траурна лента, креп. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | krep (crepe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | crape, uld-crêpe (crepe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | crape. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نوارابریشمی سیاه , کرپ (Crepe), سیاه پوشانیدن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | crêpe (crepe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Trauerflor (mourning cloth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | crêpe, κρέπι (crepe), κρεπ (crepe), μάλλινο ύφασμα κρεπ (crepe), μαύρο ύφασμα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fekete krepp. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | sutera (silk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | crespo (crepe, crisp, frizzy, fuzzy, georgette). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 百日紅 (crape myrtle), 掛袱紗 (crape wrapper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さるすべり (crape myrtle), かけぶくさ (crape wrapper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | crapey, crape (crepe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | apecray crepe de lã (crepe), crepe (crepe), frisar (crimp, crisp, curl, frizz, frizzle, goffer), fita entrelaçada em volta de dois cordéis paralelos e tendo o aspecto de uma trança, encrespar (fret, frizz, furrow, ripple, wrinkle). (various references) crep, val (bank, dike, mound, roll, sea, surf, surge, wall, wave), ondula (corrugate, Crimp, crisp, curl, float, ridge, ripple, roll, wave, wind), doliu (bereavement, black, mourning, sable), acoperi cu crep. (various references) креп (crepe). (various references) sròl (banner, gauze, satin, silk). (various references) crespon, crespón de lana (crepe), crespón (crepe, crepe paper), usar crespón. (various references) sorgflor, flor (gauze, veil). (various references) matem tülü, krepon kumaş, krep (crepe, pancake, slapjack). (various references) траур (mourning, sables, weeds), креп (crepe), обтягувати крепом. (various references) nhiễu đen, áo tang bằng nhiễu đen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "crape": craped, crapes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "crape": scrape. (additional references) | |
Words containing "crape": scraped, scraper, scrapers, scrapes, skyscraper, skyscrapers. (additional references) | |
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"Crape" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: capea, capee, capek, capex, cappe, Carapa, carpa, carpei, carpen, chape, Clrtap, crabe, crabey, crace, crae, crage, crale, Crampa, crampe, Crapaud, crapen, craper, craph, crapie, Crapo, crappen, crawp, cripe, crobe, crupe, crype, kraapa, Krampe, Orapa, rcipe. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: caper, pacer, recap. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-p-r" | |
-1 letter: acre, aper, cape, care, carp, crap, pace, pare, pear, race, rape, reap. | |
-2 letters: ace, ape, arc, are, cap, car, cep, ear, era, pac, par, pea, pec, per, rap, rec, rep. | |
-3 letters: ae, ar, er, pa, pe, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-p-r" | |
+1 letter: apercu, camper, capers, capper, carped, carpel, carper, carpet, craped, crapes, eparch, escarp, pacers, packer, parcel, parsec, placer, prance, preach, preact, recaps, redcap, repack, scrape, secpar, spacer. | |
+2 letters: apercus, caliper, campers, campier, capered, caperer, cappers, caprice, caprine, capture, carpale, carpels, carpers, carpets, champer, chapter, cheaper, clamper, clapper, clasper, compare, cramped, crapped, crapper, crappie, eparchs, eparchy, epicarp, escaper, escarps, exocarp, packers, parcels, parched, parches, paretic, parsecs, patcher, peacher, peccary, peracid, percale, picrate, placers, plectra, poacher, pranced, prancer, prances, preachy, preacts, precast, precava, preface, prelacy, prepack, prerace, reclasp, redcaps, repacks, repatch, replace, replica, respace, scalper, scamper, scarped, scarper, scauper, scraped, scraper, scrapes, scrapie, secpars, spacers, spacier, spectra, upreach. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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