Curtain - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- any barrier to communication or vision
a curtain of trees
verb
Extra examples
Curtains separated the hospital beds.
When the curtain rises after intermission, the set is bare and the main character finds himself alone.
As the curtain falls for the last time, we see a young woman holding a dying man in her arms.
...she dropped her head and in shame curtained her face with her hair...
I rather fancy potassium cyanide. You just chew a piece, and quick curtain.
It will be curtains for us if we're caught.
The girl's unbound hair curtained her face.
I have curtained off this part of the room, where the bed is.
Ella drew the curtains and switched the light on.
Shall I open the curtains?
Before the curtain went up, the dancers took their places on stage.
The curtain was lifted to reveal the grand prize.
The singer came back for one more curtain call.
...that feeling of optimistic expectancy that fills theatergoers as they wait for the curtain to rise...
...after a prelusive dimming of the house lights intended to induce quiet, the stage curtain rose...
Phrasal verbs
Word forms
singular: curtain
plural: curtains
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