Sekirov Dictionary

curtain

UK /ˈkɜːtn̩/US /ˈkɜɹt(ə)n/

noun 9
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 6

noun9

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a large piece of material hanging at a window, pulled across to block light or stop people looking in
- He drew the curtains at 11:00pm before falling asleep.
A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater.
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The beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises.
- He took so long to shave his head that we arrived 45 minutes after curtain and were denied late entry.
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[in the plural] (euphemistic) Death, final curtain.
- For life is quite absurd / And death's the final word / You must always face the curtain with a bow. — 1979
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The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall.
- Captain Rense, beleagring the Citie of Errona for us, […] caused a forcible mine to be wrought under a great curtine of the walles […]. — 2006
That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
A haircut combining a long fringe on either side of a center part or sometimes off-center, with the sides and the back kept short.
The uninterrupted stream of fluid that falls onto a moving substrate in the process of curtain coating.
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(no longer used) A flag; an ensign.
- Their ragged curtains poorly are let loose — 1599

verb2

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To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains.
- The window, softly curtained with dotted swiss, became the focus of my desperate hour-by-hour attention. — 1985
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(figurative) To hide, cover or separate as if by a curtain.
- He saw a rock that pierced the shifting waters / As they stilled, now curtained by the riding / Of the waves, and leaped to safety on it. — 1958

forms

curtained · curtaining · curtains

Phrases with curtain

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