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
From the library
“When twilight drops her curtain down
The long sweep of green water roaring forever down, and the thick flickering curtain of spray hissing forever upward, turn a man giddy with their constant whirl and clamour.
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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