curtain
/ˈkɜɹt(ə)n/ verb C2- To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains.
- To hide, cover or separate as if by a curtain.
He/she/it curtains · Past curtained · Past participle curtained · -ing form curtaining
Verb forms
- Base form
- curtain
- He/she/it
- curtains
- Past
- curtained
- Past participle
- curtained
- -ing form
- curtaining
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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The curtain at length fell on the performances, to the infinite satisfaction of the Viscount of Morcerf, who seized his hat, rapidly passed his fingers through his hair, arranged his cravat and wristbands, and signified to Franz that he was waiting for him to lead the way.
The prisoner whom you there see pale, agitated, and alarmed, instead of—as is the case when a curtain falls on a tragedy—going home to sup peacefully with his family, and then retiring to rest, that he may recommence his mimic woes on the morrow,—is removed from your sight merely to be reconducted to his prison and delivered up to the executioner.
But see!” Barker drew aside the curtain, and showed that the long, diamond-paned window was open to its full extent.
But the curtain screened it, as you can see, and so it never occurred to me.
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