Draw the drapes when the sun comes in. read Amelia Bedelia. She looked up. The sun was coming in. Amelia Bedelia looked at the list again. "Draw the drapes? That's what it says. I'm not much of a hand at drawing, but I'll try." So Amelia Bedelia sat right down and she drew those drapes.
The accompanying illustration shows Amelia Bedelia sitting in the living room and drawing a picture of the drapes. OED: “draw, v.”, I.11.a: To pull (a curtain, veil, cloth, etc.) over something so as to cover or conceal it, or aside or off from it so as to disclose it. OED: “draw, v.”, V.60.a: To make (a picture or representation of an object) by drawing line Two annotations on different levels of communication (Change of Communication Level). Connected Entry, because the ambiguity is set up in waw190065 and resolved in waw190013.
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draw the drapes
pull the drapes over the window
make a picture of the drapes
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