ALL meanings of curtains
cur·tain
C c - noun plural curtains death or ruin; the end 3
- noun plural curtains a hairstyle in which the hair is parted in the centre of the forehead and curved out over the temples 3
- noun curtains a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc. 1
- noun curtains a movable or folding screen used for similar purposes. 1
- noun curtains Chiefly New England. a window shade. 1
- noun curtains 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 curtains anything that shuts off, covers, or conceals: a curtain of artillery fire. 1
- noun curtains Architecture. a relatively flat or featureless extent of wall between two pavilions or the like. 1
- noun curtains Fortification. the part of a wall or rampart connecting two bastions, towers, or the like. 1
- noun curtains curtains, Slang. the end; death, especially by violence: It looked like curtains for another mobster. 1
- verb with object curtains to provide, shut off, conceal, or adorn with, or as if with, a curtain. 1
- idioms curtains 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
- idioms curtains lift the curtain on, to commence; start. to make known or public; disclose: to lift the curtain on a new scientific discovery. 1
- noun curtains Plural form of curtain. 1
- noun curtains plural of curtain. 0
- noun curtains (figuratively, in reference to curtains closing at the end of a stage show) An end, death. 0
- verb curtains third-person singular simple present indicative form of curtain. 0