drapes

drapes

n. (AE; BE has curtains)

1) to hang drapes

2) to draw; open the drapes

3) window drapes

* * *
open the drapes
(AE;BE has curtains) to hang drapes
to draw
window drapes

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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  • drapes — UK [dreɪps] US noun [plural] mainly american curtains made of heavy cloth Thesaurus: curtains and blindshyponym * * * /ˈdreıps/ noun [plural] chiefly US : long heavy curtains This room needs new drapes …   Useful english dictionary

  • drapes — [dreıps] n [plural] AmE long heavy curtains …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • drapes — [ dreıps ] noun plural AMERICAN curtains made of heavy cloth …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • drapes — (n.) curtains, 1895, see DRAPE (Cf. drape) (n.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • drapes — dreɪp n. curtain, drapery; manner in which something drapes and hangs in folds v. cover with cloth, adorn with drapery; hang or stretch out loosely; arrange in graceful folds …   English contemporary dictionary

  • DRAPES Seno — ut primum Gallia defecit, collectis undique perditis hominibus, impedimenta et commeatus Romanorum intercepit. Hirtius l. 8. de B. G. c. 30. Captus a Caninio paucis diebus sese cibo abstinuit atque ita interiit. Ibid. c. 44 …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • drapes — noun Heavy cloth hung over a window. Syn: curtains …   Wiktionary

  • drapes — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. window covering, drapery, hanging; see curtain …   English dictionary for students

  • drapes — spread …   Anagrams dictionary

  • drapes — chiefly N. Amer. long curtains. → drape …   English new terms dictionary

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