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WEBAug 12, 2007 — Perth, Western Australia. English - Australia. Aug 12, 2007. #3. "opened the curtains" sounds absolutely fine, and is commonly used. You could say "drew the curtains" to mean the same thing. To me, you can't "raise" a curtain, except one in a theatre that does actually rise upwards. You can "raise" a blind and certain types of shutters, but not ...
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WEBJan 29, 2010 — Mar 12, 2018. #27. dcx97 said: "to draw the curtains" can only mean "to close them, to move them together". Otherwise the metaphor "to draw the curtains on something" would not mean what it does. Definition of DRAW THE CURTAIN ON. It's the metaphorical meaning of the phrase.
Can a curtain be "opened" and "closed"? - WordReference Forums
WEBMar 22, 2015 — Open and close are the usual terms. Draw is also used if the direction is clear. E.g. if the curtains are closed and you say "Will you draw the curtains?" then obviously you mean open them, and vice versa.
draw (curtains, blinds) - WordReference Forums
WEBMay 8, 2006 — USA (W. Pennsylvania) American English. May 8, 2006. #2. The WR dictionary says draw means. move or pull so as to cover or uncover something; "draw the shades"; "draw the curtains". A further search shows the word draw comes from Old English and, among other meanings, meant slide or glide. If you open OR close curtains, you glide or slide them ...
Curtains/blinds ajar - WordReference Forums
WEBJul 8, 2015. #16. Sorry to have triggered such a heated discussion. In fact, the answer to my first question is quite clear: ajar cannot be used for blinds or curtains. The dictionary says that ajar can be half open as well as slightly open (although for me it sounds more like the latter than the former). therefore: 1.
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WEBMay 18, 2022 — Yes, you close and open curtains (usually a pair, so it's plural). We also have the more formal word 'draw' which can be used with curtains, but - very confusingly - this can mean both 'open' and 'close' draw the curtains. You can also open and close blinds. This is the more normal usage, I think. I'd only use 'pull up' and 'pull down' for ...
Put up the curtain - open or close? | WordReference Forums
WEBAug 22, 2008 — To put up curtains means to install them. Once they are installed, one usually opens and closes them. Another way of saying "to close" a curtain is "to draw" a curtain, because drawing also means pulling or dragging. An item that gets put up or down more often is a window shade, or a shade for short.
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WEBSep 7, 2016. #1. In the dictionary, this phrase means "open or close the curtains" . So whether it refers to "open" or "close" entirely depends on the context? But I also found a sentence "He drew back the curtain to enjoy the sunshine.". Obviously it means "open the …
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WEBMay 13, 2014 — Scotland. German/English bilingual. May 15, 2014. #8. No, because the adjective denoting the state of something after the action of the verb "to open" has been performed on it, is " open ". After you open the door, the door will be open. Not to be confused with "the door has been opened", where opened is a participle.
curtains, blinds and shades [open, close, draw, etc.]
WEBJun 12, 2008 — Hi, can you tell me which ones of the following sentences are correct and idiomatic?? - Pull up/down the blinds. - Pull up/down the shades. - Open/close the blinds. - Open/close the shades. - Open/close the curtains. - Draw the curtains open. - Draw the curtains! (in order to close them). -...