| curtain | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall | hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window). |
| ~ screen, blind | a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight.; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" |
| ~ drop cloth, drop curtain, drop | a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery. |
| ~ eyelet, eyehole | a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar. |
| ~ festoon | a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves. |
| ~ frontal | a drapery that covers the front of an altar. |
| ~ furnishing | (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable. |
| ~ portiere | a heavy curtain hung across a doorway. |
| ~ shower curtain | a curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area. |
| ~ theater curtain, theatre curtain | a hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance. |
| n. (object) | 2. curtain | any barrier to communication or vision.; "a curtain of secrecy"; "a curtain of trees" |
| ~ barrier | anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access. |
| v. (possession) | 3. curtain | provide with drapery.; "curtain the bedrooms" |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| curtain off | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. curtain off | separate by means of a curtain. |
| ~ close off, shut off | isolate or separate.; "She was shut off from the friends" |
| drape | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. drape | the manner in which fabric hangs or falls.; "she adjusted the drape of her skirt" |
| ~ fashion, manner, mode, style, way | how something is done or how it happens.; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. drape | a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination. |
| ~ covering | an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it). |
| v. (contact) | 3. drape | arrange in a particular way.; "drape a cloth" |
| ~ fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other.; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| v. (contact) | 4. drape | place casually.; "The cat draped herself on the sofa" |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| v. (contact) | 5. cloak, clothe, drape, robe | cover as if with clothing.; "the mountain was clothed in tropical trees" |
| ~ spread over, cover | form a cover over.; "The grass covered the grave" |
| v. (contact) | 6. drape | cover or dress loosely with cloth.; "drape the statue with a sheet" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
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