curtain

cur·tain  (kûrtn)

n.

1. Material that hangs in a window or other opening as a decoration, shade, or screen.

2. Something that functions as or resembles a screen, cover, 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.

e. The concluding line, speech, or scene of a play 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 or as if with a curtain.

2. To shut off (something) with or as if with a curtain.

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[Middle English cortine, from Old French, from Late Latin crtna, from Latin crs, crt-, variant of cohors, court; see court.]

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curtain

Noun

1. a piece of material hung at an opening or window to shut out light or to provide privacy

2. a hanging cloth that conceals all or part of a theatre stage from the audience

3. the end of a scene or a performance in the theatre, marked by the fall or closing of the curtain

4. the rise or opening of the curtain at the start of a performance

5. something forming a barrier or screen: a curtain of rain

Verb

1. to shut off or conceal with a curtain

2. to provide with curtains [Late Latin cortina]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	curtain - hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) drape, drapery, pall, mantle screen, 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 scenery eyelet, eyehole - a small hole (usually round and finished around the edges) in cloth or leather for the passage of a cord or hook or bar festoon - a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves frontal - a drapery that covers the front of an altar furnishing - (usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable portiere - a heavy curtain hung across a doorway shower curtain - a curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area theater 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"

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curtain

noun hanging, drape chiefly U.S. portière

curtain something off conceal, screen, hide, veil, drape, shroud, shut off

Translations

curtain [ˈkəːtn] n → cortina;

(THEAT) → telón m;

to draw the curtains (together) → cerrar las cortinas;

(apart) → abrir las cortinas

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curtain [ˈkəːtn] n → rideau m;

to draw the curtains (together) → fermer or tirer les rideaux;

(apart) → ouvrir les rideaux

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curtain [ˈkəːtn] n → Vorhang m;

(net) → Gardine f;

to draw the curtains (together) → die Vorhänge zuziehen;

(apart) → die Vorhänge aufmachen

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curtain [ˈkəːtn] n → tenda;

(THEAT) → sipario;

to draw the curtains (together) → chiudere or tirare le tende;

(apart) → aprire le tende