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curtain
cur·tain C0818100 (kûr′tn)n.1. A piece of fabric or other material that hangs in a window or open space as a decoration, shade, screen, or divider.2. Something that functions as or resembles a screen, cover, divider, or barrier: the curtain of mist before the mountain; a heavy curtain of artillery fire.3. a. The movable screen or drape in a theater or hall that separates the stage from the auditorium or that serves as a backdrop.b. The rising or opening of a theater curtain at the beginning of a performance or act.c. The time at which a theatrical performance begins or is scheduled to begin.d. The fall or closing of a theater curtain at the end of a performance or act.4. The part of a rampart or parapet connecting two bastions or gates.5. Architecture A curtain wall.6. curtains Slang a. The end.b. Absolute ruin: "If the employee doesn't shape up, it's curtains" (Business Week).c. Death.tr.v. cur·tained, cur·tain·ing, cur·tains 1. To provide (something) with a curtain or curtains.2. To close off (something) with a curtain or curtains.
[Middle English cortine, from Old French, from Late Latin cōrtīna, from Latin cōrs, cōrt-, variant of cohors, court; see court.]curtain (ˈkɜːtən) n1. a piece of material that can be drawn across an opening or window, to shut out light or to provide privacy2. a barrier to vision, access, or communication: a curtain of secrecy. 3. (Theatre) a hanging cloth or similar barrier for concealing all or part of a theatre stage from the audience4. (Theatre) the curtain the end of a scene of a play, opera, etc, marked by the fall or closing of the curtain5. (Theatre) the rise or opening of the curtain at the start of a performancevb6. (sometimes foll by: off) to shut off or conceal with or as if with a curtain7. (tr) to provide (a window, etc) with curtains[C13: from Old French courtine, from Late Latin cortīna enclosed place, curtain, probably from Latin cohors courtyard]cur•tain (ˈkɜr tn)
n. 1. a hanging piece of fabric used to shut out the light from a window, adorn a room, increase privacy, etc. 2. a movable or folding screen used for similar purposes. 3. a. a movable drapery that hangs directly behind a proscenium arch and conceals the stage from the audience. b. the start or end of a performance, scene, act, or play, esp. the time at which a performance begins. c. an effect, line, or plot solution at the conclusion of a performance. d. (used as a direction in a script to indicate the end of a scene or act.) 4. anything that shuts off, covers, or conceals: a curtain of artillery fire. 5. curtain wall. 6. the part of a wall or rampart connecting two bastions or towers. 7. curtains, Slang. the end; death, esp. by violence. v.t. 8. to provide, shut off, conceal, or adorn with or as if with a curtain. Idioms: 1. draw the curtain on or over, a. to bring to a close. b. to keep secret. 2. lift the curtain on, a. to start. b. to make known or public; disclose. [1250–1300; Middle English co(u)rtine < Old French < Late Latin cortīna, probably = Latin co(ho)rt-, s. of cohors (see court) + -īna -ine1, as calque of Greek aulaía curtain, derivative of aulḗ courtyard] curtain
Past participle: curtained
Gerund: curtaining
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| I curtain | | you curtain | | he/she/it curtains | | we curtain | | you curtain | | they curtain |
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| I curtained | | you curtained | | he/she/it curtained | | we curtained | | you curtained | | they curtained |
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| I am curtaining | | you are curtaining | | he/she/it is curtaining | | we are curtaining | | you are curtaining | | they are curtaining |
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| I have curtained | | you have curtained | | he/she/it has curtained | | we have curtained | | you have curtained | | they have curtained |
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| I was curtaining | | you were curtaining | | he/she/it was curtaining | | we were curtaining | | you were curtaining | | they were curtaining |
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| I had curtained | | you had curtained | | he/she/it had curtained | | we had curtained | | you had curtained | | they had curtained |
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| I will curtain | | you will curtain | | he/she/it will curtain | | we will curtain | | you will curtain | | they will curtain |
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| I will have curtained | | you will have curtained | | he/she/it will have curtained | | we will have curtained | | you will have curtained | | they will have curtained |
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| I will be curtaining | | you will be curtaining | | he/she/it will be curtaining | | we will be curtaining | | you will be curtaining | | they will be curtaining |
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| I have been curtaining | | you have been curtaining | | he/she/it has been curtaining | | we have been curtaining | | you have been curtaining | | they have been curtaining |
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| I will have been curtaining | | you will have been curtaining | | he/she/it will have been curtaining | | we will have been curtaining | | you will have been curtaining | | they will have been curtaining |
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| I had been curtaining | | you had been curtaining | | he/she/it had been curtaining | | we had been curtaining | | you had been curtaining | | they had been curtaining |
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| I would curtain | | you would curtain | | he/she/it would curtain | | we would curtain | | you would curtain | | they would curtain |
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| I would have curtained | | you would have curtained | | he/she/it would have curtained | | we would have curtained | | you would have curtained | | they would have curtained |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  curtain - hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)drape, drapery, pall, mantlescreen, blind - a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet"drop cloth, drop curtain, drop - a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background sceneryeyelet, eyehole - a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or barfestoon - a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curvesfrontal - a drapery that covers the front of an altarfurnishing - (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livableportiere - a heavy curtain hung across a doorwayshower curtain - a curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower areatheater curtain, theatre curtain - a hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance | | 2. | curtain - any barrier to communication or vision; "a curtain of secrecy"; "a curtain of trees"barrier - anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access | | Verb | 1. | curtain - provide with drapery; "curtain the bedrooms"furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
curtainnoun1. hanging, drape (chiefly U.S.), portière Her bedroom curtains were drawn.2. screen, veil, shroud, pall a curtain of cigarette smokecurtain something off conceal, screen, hide, veil, drape, shroud, shut off The bed was a massive four-poster, curtained off by ragged draperies.curtainnounSlang. The act or fact of dying.Used in plural:death, decease, demise, dissolution, extinction, passing, quietus, rest.Translationscurtain (ˈkəːtn) noun a piece of material hung up to act as a screen at a window, on a theatre stage etc. The maid drew the curtains; The curtain came down at the end of the play. 窗簾，(舞臺上的)幕 窗帘，（舞台上的）幕 curtain call an appearance by actors, singers etc after a performance for the purpose of receiving applause. After the play the actors took ten curtain calls. 謝幕 谢幕curtain off to separate or enclose with a curtain. She curtained off the alcove. 用簾子隔開或遮蔽 用帘子隔开或遮蔽curtain
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Curtain
curtain1. a hanging cloth or similar barrier for concealing all or part of a theatre stage from the audience 2. the end of a scene of a play, opera, etc., marked by the fall or closing of the curtain 3. the rise or opening of the curtain at the start of a performance Curtain (theater), part of the equipment of a stage or of a theatrical production. The curtain that closes off the stage from the auditorium between scenes, before the beginning and after the end of a performance, and during intervals between acts is called the entr’acte curtain. The curtain that closes off part of the stage during the performance of an interlude on the proscenium is called the interlude curtain. Theater curtains may be parted, raised and lowered, or lit (the light being provided by lighting units). A fireproof curtain is designed to hermetically seal off the stage from the auditorium. A curtain that dropped into a recess in front of the stage was first used in classical times in Greek and Roman theaters. During the Renaissance, when stages were equipped with gridirons, a raised curtain began to be used. It was usually painted, often by famous artists, with mythological or allegorical themes and harmonized with the decorative scheme of the auditorium. Many theaters built in the 19th and 20th centuries have curtains of this type. In 20th-century theaters a curtain is frequently part of the staging of a play and is made for a specific production. Thus, for example, in 1917 the artist A. la. Golovin painted ten curtains (one for each scene) for M. lu. Lermontov’s The Masquerade performed at the Aleksandrinskii Theater. In the contemporary theater curtains are sometimes dispensed with, according to the director’s intent. G. V. SHEVELEV
Curtain a section of a fortress wall, usually rectilinear, that connects the facing parts of two neighboring bastions and, with them, forms the bastioned front. curtain[′kərt·ən] (geology) A thin sheet of dripstone that hangs or projects from a cave wall. A rock formation connecting two adjacent bastions. (nucleonics) A thin shield, usually cadmium, used in a nuclear reactor to shut off a flow of slow neutrons. curtain wall  curtain wall, 2 1. In a tall building of steel-frame construction, an exterior wall that is non-load-bearing, having no structural function; also see metal curtain wall. 2. In ancient fortifications, an enclosing wall or rampart connecting two bastions or towers.MedicalSeedrapeSee CURT
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Synonyms for curtainnoun hangingSynonymsnoun screenSynonymsphrase curtain something offSynonyms- conceal
- screen
- hide
- veil
- drape
- shroud
- shut off
Synonyms for curtainnoun the act or fact of dyingSynonyms- death
- decease
- demise
- dissolution
- extinction
- passing
- quietus
- rest
Synonyms for curtainnoun hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)SynonymsRelated Words- screen
- blind
- drop cloth
- drop curtain
- drop
- eyelet
- eyehole
- festoon
- frontal
- furnishing
- portiere
- shower curtain
- theater curtain
- theatre curtain
noun any barrier to communication or visionRelated Wordsverb provide with draperyRelated Words- furnish
- provide
- supply
- render
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