1
as in veil
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth
there has long been a curtain of secrecy surrounding that group
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2
as in drapes
curtains plural
pieces of cloth hung to darken, decorate, or divide a room
the kittens keep climbing the curtains
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3
as in sleep
curtains plural
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
it'll be curtains for us if we're caught
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as in to hide
to keep secret or shut off from view
she dropped her head in shame and curtained her face with her hair
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Recent Examples of curtain
Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2025
But now the nearly 200-year-old brand is peeling back the curtain on its rare, covetable watches with its first U.S. store: a flagship in Silicon Valley.
—Marissa Muller, WWD, 13 Feb. 2025
Mitchell Owens, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2024
Despite the rapper’s front row seat all Paris Fashion Week, an angled bang curtained both eyes.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 27 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Don't be afraid to place a crisp lace pillow on a leather couch or add statement lace curtains to your room to bring in a feminine textural element.
—Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2025
But now the nearly 200-year-old brand is peeling back the curtain on its rare, covetable watches with its first U.S. store: a flagship in Silicon Valley.
—Marissa Muller, WWD, 13 Feb. 2025
Verb
Inside the towering rattan canopy bed, curtained in another verdant tone, hangs a blue bird cage that houses a porcelain parrot.
—Mitchell Owens, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2024
Despite the rapper’s front row seat all Paris Fashion Week, an angled bang curtained both eyes.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curtain
Noun
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Enter the grounds of any Anantara resort in southern Thailand and the real world slips away behind an emerald jungle veil.—
Jordan Riefe,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025
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President Barack Obama famously negotiated a rapprochement with Cuba — later reversed by Mr. Trump — under a veil of secrecy.—
Mark Landler,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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To perform at his or her best, this athlete would need to eat properly, hydrate frequently, lose weight if necessary, increase cardio workouts, get plenty of sleep and perhaps practice yoga or meditate.—
Jerry Haar,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Feb. 2025
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It can also be tailored for in-app functions like launching the camera in Snapchat, unlocking a car door with FordPass, or tracking a child's sleep schedule with Napper.—
Amanda Castro,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Sen both understood Oberon’s desire to hide a secret and recognized a trace of her South Asian accent.—
Carolyn Kellogg,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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Alongside Marvel movie veterans Wesley Snipes as Blade and Jennifer Garner as Elektra, Tatum plays Gambit as a hero hiding in The Void, waiting for his chance to strike at the sadistic Cassandra Nova (Emma Corrin).—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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The launch shroud encasing the uncrewed Progress MS-30 (or Progress 91, as NASA refers to it) resupply spacecraft has been decorated with a logo commemorating the centennial of Pavel Belyayev's birth.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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The film, which operated under a hazy shroud after wrapping principal photography in the spring of 2023, underwent 22 days of additional photography in spring of 2024 on its way to its Feb. 14, 2025 release date in after several delays.—
Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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New Moon is decidedly the least-beloved Twilight movie due to its slower plot, excessive doom and gloom, and Edward’s absence.—
Lincee Ray,
EW.com,
22 Feb. 2025
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Ruffin also reinforced the importance of being in Black spaces by not letting the doom and gloom of the recent administration’s executive orders permeate the room.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Russia has to contend with a scenario where any shipping container in Ukraine – and there are tens of thousands - could potentially be concealing one of these systems.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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The fact this all plays out in real-time heightens that effect considerably, sweeping us up in the maelstrom of Hart’s bravado thanks to Hawke’s signature charm, even if it is undercut by something else barely concealed below the surface.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
18 Feb. 2025
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At times, the show subverts expectations, casting Salonga as the Into the Woods witch while Peters prances about in a red cloak as Little Red Riding Hood.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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The announcement and teaser also comes after a New York Fashion Week runway collaboration with designer Christian Siriano, indicating that the desire to take back the red cloak is the theme for the end of The Handmaid’s Tale, which will be airing newly into President Trump’s second reelection.—
Jackie Strause,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Feb. 2025
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His passing is more incisive, his ‘pre-orientation’ the best of any Palace player.—
Matt Woosnam,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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After his passing in 2021, Lambert's daughters moved her to an assisted living facility, and eventually to a memory care wing.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Curtain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curtain. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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