All curtain synonyms
curΒ·tain
C c noun curtain
- decoration β The decoration of a room is its furniture, wallpaper, and ornaments.
- drape β to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- screen β a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
- shutter β a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- shroud β a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- shade β the comparative darkness caused by the interception or screening of rays of light from an object, place, or area.
- veil β a piece of opaque or transparent material worn over the face for concealment, for protection from the elements, or to enhance the appearance.
- drapery β coverings, hangings, clothing, etc., of fabric, especially as arranged in loose, graceful folds.
- blind β Someone who is blind is unable to see because their eyes are damaged.
- rag β a musical composition in ragtime: a piano rag.
- shield β a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
- film β a thin layer or coating: a film of grease on a plate.
- hanging β the way in which a thing hangs.
- jalousie β a blind or shutter made with horizontal slats that can be adjusted to admit light and air but exclude rain and the rays of the sun.
- valance β a short curtain or piece of drapery that is hung from the edge of a canopy, from the frame of a bed, etc.
- oleo β margarine.
- portiere β a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration.
- roller β any of several Old World birds of the family Coraciidae that tumble or roll over in flight, especially in the breeding season.
- venetian blind β a blind, as for a window, having overlapping horizontal slats that may be opened or closed, especially one in which the slats may be raised and drawn together above the window by pulling a cord.
verb curtain
- overspread β to spread or diffuse over: A blush of embarrassment overspread his face.
- mantling β a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- stash β to put by or away as for safekeeping or future use, usually in a secret place (usually followed by away): The squirrel stashes away nuts for winter.
- layered β a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint.
- hide β Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- lock up β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- carpeting β You use carpeting to refer to a carpet, or to the type of material that is used to make carpets.
- lie low β situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- carpeted β Simple past tense and past participle of carpet.
- stow away β Nautical. to put (cargo, provisions, etc.) in the places intended for them. to put (sails, spars, gear, etc.) in the proper place or condition when not in use.
- cover up β If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
- lay low β situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- set on β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
- tuck away β to put into a small, close, or concealing place: Tuck the money into your wallet.
- cloak β A cloak is a long, loose, sleeveless piece of clothing which people used to wear over their other clothes when they went out.
- cover β If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- shrouded β a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- superpose β to place above or upon something else, or one upon another.
- blot out β If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
- keep from β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- take cover β to be or serve as a covering for; extend over; rest on the surface of: Snow covered the fields.