Curtain

Hindi Meaning

English Meaning

1. Material that hangs in a window or other opening as a decoration, shade, or screen.
2. Something that functions as or resembles a screen, cover, or barrier: the curtain of mist before the mountain; a heavy curtain of artillery fire.
3. The movable screen or drape in a theater or hall that separates the stage from the auditorium or that serves as a backdrop.
4. The rising or opening of a theater curtain at the beginning of a performance or act.
5. The time at which a theatrical performance begins or is scheduled to begin.
6. The fall or closing of a theater curtain at the end of a performance or act.
7. The concluding line, speech, or scene of a play or act.
8. The part of a rampart or parapet connecting two bastions or gates.
9. Architecture A curtain wall.
10. Slang The end.
11. Slang Absolute ruin: "If the employee doesn't shape up, it's curtains” ( Business Week).
12. Slang Death.
13. To provide (something) with or as if with a curtain.
14. To shut off (something) with or as if with a curtain.