Dagens Engelsk ord

curtain

gardin

Definitioner

Engelsk > Engelsk

curtain

1. n. A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.

2. n. A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater.

3. n. (fortifications) The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall.

4. n. (euphemistic, also "final curtain") Death.

5. n. (architecture) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.

6. n. (obsolete, derogatory) A flag; an ensign.

7. v. To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains.

8. v. (figuratively) To hide, cover or separate as if by a curtain.

Svenska > Engelsk

gardin

1. n-c. a curtain