ALL meanings of curtain
cur·tain
C c - countable noun curtain Curtains are large pieces of material which you hang from the top of a window. 3
- countable noun curtain Curtains are pieces of very thin material which you hang in front of windows in order to prevent people from seeing in. 3
- singular noun curtain In a theatre, the curtain is the large piece of material that hangs in front of the stage until a performance begins. 3
- singular noun curtain You can refer to something as a curtain when it is thick and difficult to see through or get past. 3
- noun curtain a piece of material that can be drawn across an opening or window, to shut out light or to provide privacy 3
- noun curtain a barrier to vision, access, or communication 3
- noun curtain a hanging cloth or similar barrier for concealing all or part of a theatre stage from the audience 3
- noun curtain the rise or opening of the curtain at the start of a performance 3
- verb curtain to shut off or conceal with or as if with a curtain 3
- verb curtain to provide (a window, etc) with curtains 3
- noun curtain a piece of cloth or other material, sometimes arranged so that it can be drawn up or sideways, hung for decoration, as at a window, or to cover, conceal, or shut off something 3
- noun curtain anything that covers, conceals, separates, or shuts off 3
- noun curtain that part of a wall between two bastions, gates, etc. 3
- noun curtain an enclosing wall that does not support a roof 3
- noun curtain the large drape or hanging screen at the front of the stage, which is drawn up or aside to reveal the stage 3
- noun curtain the opening of the curtain at the beginning, or its closing at the end, of a play, act, or scene 3
- noun curtain an effect, line, or situation in a play just before the curtain closes 3
- noun curtain curtain call 3
- noun curtain death; the end 3
- verb transitive curtain to provide or decorate with a curtain 3
- verb transitive curtain to cover, conceal, or shut off as with a curtain 3
- noun curtain a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc. 1
- noun curtain a movable or folding screen used for similar purposes. 1
- noun curtain Chiefly New England. a window shade. 1
- noun curtain Theater. a set of hanging drapery for concealing all or part of the stage or set from the view of the audience. the act or time of raising or opening a curtain at the start of a performance: an 8:30 curtain. the end of a scene or act indicated by the closing or falling of a curtain: first-act curtain. an effect, line, or plot solution at the conclusion of a performance: a strong curtain; weak curtain. music signaling the end of a radio or television performance. (used as a direction in a script of a play to indicate that a scene or act is concluded.) 1
- noun curtain anything that shuts off, covers, or conceals: a curtain of artillery fire. 1
- noun curtain Architecture. a relatively flat or featureless extent of wall between two pavilions or the like. 1
- noun curtain Fortification. the part of a wall or rampart connecting two bastions, towers, or the like. 1
- noun curtain curtains, Slang. the end; death, especially by violence: It looked like curtains for another mobster. 1
- verb with object curtain to provide, shut off, conceal, or adorn with, or as if with, a curtain. 1
- noun curtain drapery for a window 1
- idioms curtain draw the curtain on / over, to bring to a close: to draw the curtain on a long career of public service. to keep secret. 1
- noun plural curtain pair of drapes on a window 1
- idioms curtain lift the curtain on, to commence; start. to make known or public; disclose: to lift the curtain on a new scientific discovery. 1
- noun curtain theater: drape concealing stage 1
- noun curtain screen formed by sth: rain, fog, etc, 1
- noun curtain end of show 1
- noun plural curtain death, disastrous end 1
- noun curtain show time 1
- noun curtain A piece of material suspended at the top to form a covering or screen, typically one of a pair at a window. 1
- noun curtain A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light. 0
- noun curtain A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater. 0
- noun curtain (fortifications) The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall. 0
- noun curtain (euphemistic, also "final curtain") Death. 0
- noun curtain (architecture) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc. 0
- noun curtain (Obsolete (No longer in use)) (derogatory) A flag; an ensign. 0
- verb curtain To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains. 0