curtained

1. 1
   adjective

   Covered or split into sections by one or more curtains.

   Like a changing room with a cloth that hides what is inside.

   The curtained alcove gave the patient a little privacy.

   They ate in a curtained booth at the back of the restaurant.

   Similardraped

   Oppositeuncurtained, curtainless

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2. 2
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of curtain. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.

   They curtained the windows before the first cold night arrived.

   She curtained off a quiet corner of the studio.

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3. 3
   adjectivein compounds

   Having curtains of a particular kind hung up.

   Each window was curtained in faded gold silk that caught the morning light.

   The four-poster bed was curtained in white muslin against the summer mosquitoes.

   Similardraped, hung

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4. 4
   adjectivefiguratively

   Hidden away, as if a curtain were placed in front of it.

   Like something hidden behind a sheet you cannot see through.

   The valley lay curtained in morning mist, its houses barely visible.

   Her grief stayed curtained from everyone, even her closest friends.

   Similarshrouded

   Oppositevisible, exposed

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