curtain - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'curtain' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Curtain

[ n.]

- A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage.
- That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.
- That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
- A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt.

2 . Curtain

[ v. t.]

- To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.

Meaning of 'curtain' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . curtain

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- any barrier to communication or vision

Example in sentence:

a curtain of secrecy;
a curtain of trees

2 . curtain

[ v]

Meaning (2):
- provide with drapery

Example in sentence:

curtain the bedrooms

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