- curtain⇄adj. curtainless.
- curtain⇄curtain, noun, verb.
- curtain⇄expr. bring down the curtain on, to terminate; end.
Ex. The merger brought down the curtain on the independent company. - curtain⇄expr. curtain off, to separate or divide by means of a curtain or curtains.
Ex. The boys took two sheets and curtained off a space in the corner. - curtain⇄expr. curtains, (Slang.)
a. the end.
Ex. ""It's curtains for us, I'm afraid,"" said the signalman, months before the closure of the Somerset and Dorset [railways] (London Times).
b. death.
Ex. ""... the primary reason was smoke - curtain⇄expr. draw the curtain over (or on), to conceal.
Ex. The committee chose to draw the curtain over the more controversial aspects of the investigation. - curtain⇄expr. raise the curtain on, to disclose; reveal.
Ex. The police investigation raised the curtain on a new gang of criminals operating in the city's underworld. - curtain⇄expr. ring down the curtain,
a. to lower a theater curtain.
Ex. ""I'll ring down the curtain and give everybody their money back"" (Time).
b. (Figurative.) to draw a close or finish (on).
Ex. His retirement rings down the curtai - curtain⇄expr. ring up the curtain,
a. to raise a theater curtain.
Ex. The director gave a signal to ring up the curtain and the play began.
b. (Figurative.) to set out (on); start; embark.
Ex. The British Isles Rugby Football team rings - curtain⇄expr. the Curtain, the Iron Curtain.
Ex. Private scientific societies are wasting no time preparing to follow up ... proposals for freer movement of ideas across the Curtain (Newsweek). - curtain⇄noun 1. a cloth hung at windows or anywhere indoors for protection or ornament.
Ex. ruffled curtains.
(SYN) hanging, drapery.
2a. the drapery or hanging screen separating the stage of a theater from the part where the audience sits. - curtain⇄v.t. 1. to provide with a curtain or curtains; shut off with a curtain; decorate with a curtain.
Ex. A canopy which love had spread to curtain her sleeping world (Shelley).
2. (Figurative.) to cover; hide.
Ex. Darkness curtained the bu