curtain
precurtain
teaser
midshow
forestage
proscenium
apron
hippin
heckle
opening night
display
drop
deck
boards
curtain raising
tormentor
opening
proscenium curtain
main rag
grand drape
scruto
footlights
main curtain
main drape
act curtain
house curtain
onstage
premonstration
stage effect
first night
downstage
flyloft
early on
backstage
offstage
wing
showing off
middle
intro
postshow
revusical
swankpot
stage right
early
iron
sifflet
opener
drop cloth
screening
drop curtain
staged
tableau curtain
front curtain
lime
piss-take
preem
revuette
late on
opening credits
roadshow
aftershow
curtainwise
sideshow
prepremiere
playbill
scenesetting
entertainment
set piece
entree
stinger
ground
stage left
son et lumière
theater curtain
behind
decor
rang up the curtain
theatre curtain
scena
theater
cyclorama
spotlight
jump cut
above
movie
have one's eye on
origin
house
precurtain
midshow
postshow
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aftershow
prepremiere
scenesetting
onstage
downstage
onstage
early on
early
late on
backstage
curtainwise
behind
curtain
teaser
forestage
proscenium
apron
hippin
heckle
opening night
display
drop
deck
boards
curtain raising
tormentor
opening
proscenium curtain
main rag
grand drape
scruto
footlights
main curtain
main drape
act curtain
house curtain
premonstration
stage effect
first night
downstage
flyloft
backstage
offstage
wing
showing off
middle
intro
revusical
swankpot
stage right
iron
sifflet
opener
drop cloth
screening
drop curtain
tableau curtain
front curtain
lime
piss-take
revuette
opening credits
roadshow
sideshow
playbill
entertainment
set piece
entree
stinger
ground
stage left
son et lumière
theater curtain
decor
theatre curtain
scena
theater
cyclorama
jump cut
movie
origin
house
preem
rang up the curtain
spotlight
have one's eye on
noun
- The beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises.
- Death.
- That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
- A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.
- A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater.
- The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall.
verb
noun
- the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
- a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing
- (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green
- a paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used
noun
- A curtain which falls in front of a theatrical stage; also, a section of (cloth) scenery lowered on to the stage like a curtain.
- A dropped pass.
- The distance that a person drops when being executed by hanging.
- The vertical length of a hanging curtain.
- A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
- Only used in get the drop on, have the drop on An advantage.
- The distance below a cliff or other high position through which someone or something could fall; hence, a steep slope.
- A very small quantity of liquid, or (by extension) of anything.
- The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.
- Usually preceded by the: alcoholic spirits in general.
- A trapdoor (“hinged platform”) on a gallows; a gallows itself.
- A point in a song, usually electronic music such as dubstep, house, trace, or trap, where there is a very noticeable and pleasing change in bass, tempo, and/or overall tone; a climax, a highlight.
- An ornament resembling a pendant; a gutta.
- The cover mounted on a swivel over a keyhole that rests over the keyhole when not in use to keep out debris, but is swiveled out of the way before inserting the key.
- A fruit which has fallen off a tree, etc., or has been knocked off accidentally, rather than picked.
- Of women's clothes: the difference between the bust circumference and hip circumference.
- A mechanism for lowering something, such as a machine for lowering heavy weights on to a ship's deck, or a device for temporarily lowering a gas jet, etc.
- A place where items or supplies may be left for others to collect, whether openly (as with a mail drop), or secretly or illegally (as in crime or espionage); a drop-off point.
- The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.
- An instance of making a delivery of people, supplies, or things, especially by parachute out of an aircraft (an airdrop), but also by truck, etc.
- A dose of liquid medicine in the form of a drop (sense 1).
- A decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate.
- A single measure of whisky.
- An item made available for the player to pick up from the remains of a defeated enemy.
- A release (of music, a video game, etc).
- Often preceded by a defining word: a small, round piece of hard candy, such as a lemon drop; a lozenge.
- Of men's clothes: the difference between the chest circumference and waist circumference.
- Usually preceded by the: relegation from one division to a lower one.
- A liquid medicine that is intended to be administered in drops (sense 1).
- A small amount of an alcoholic beverage.
- An act of moving downwards under the force of gravity; a descent, a fall.
- The depth of a (square) sail (generally applied to the courses only); the vertical dimension of a sail.
- Preceded by the: execution by hanging.
verb
- To dispose or get rid of (something); to lose, to remove.
- To let (something) fall; to allow (something) to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on).
- To reduce; to make smaller.
- To come to an end (by not being kept up); to lapse, to stop.
- To fall behind or to the rear of a group of people, etc., as a result of not keeping up with those at the front.
- To make (someone or something) fall to the ground from a blow, gunshot, etc.; to bring down, to shoot down.
- To pass or use (counterfeit cheques, money, etc.).
- To quickly lower or take down (one's trousers), especially in public.
- Of the testicles: to hang further away from the body and begin producing sperm due to puberty.
- To cook (food, especially fast food), particularly by lowering into hot oil to deep-fry, or by grilling.
- Of an animal (usually a sheep): to give birth to (young); of a bird: to lay (an egg).
- To impart (something).
- To cease concerning oneself over (someone or something); to have nothing more to do with (a discussion, subject, etc.).
- To perform (rap music).
- Usually followed by by, in, or into: of a person: to visit someone or somewhere informally or without a prior appointment.
- Of a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.: to enter public distribution.
- To play (a portion of music) in the manner of a disc jockey.
- Of a liquid: to fall in drops or droplets.
- To drop out of the betting.
- To collapse in exhaustion or injury; also, to fall dead, or to fall in death.
- To fall or sink quickly or suddenly to the ground.
- Of a voice: to lower in timbre, often due to puberty.
- To fall (straight down) under the influence of gravity, like a drop of liquid.
- Of a song or sound: to lower in key, pitch, tempo, or other quality.
- To move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards; to lower.
- To let (a letter, etc.) fall into a postbox; hence, to send (a letter, email, or other message) in an offhand manner.
- To drip (a liquid) in drops or small amounts.
- To set down (someone or something) from a vehicle; to stop and deliver or deposit (someone or something); to drop off.
- To cease to include (something), as if on a list; to dismiss, to eject, to expel.
- To (unexpectedly) lose (a competition, game, etc.).
- To fail to write, or (especially) to pronounce (a syllable, letter, etc.).
- To lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume.
- To fall into a particular condition or state.
- To tune (a guitar string, etc.) to a lower note.
- To present the user with a more basic interface.
- To release (a programme, software, a music album or song, etc.) to the public.
- To lose, spend, or otherwise part with (money).
- To score (a goal) by means of a drop kick.
- To mention (something) casually or incidentally, usually in conversation.
- To enter a more basic interface.
- To decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.
- Especially in drop acid: to swallow (a drug, particularly LSD).
- Of a fielder: to fail to dismiss (a batsman) by accidentally dropping a batted ball that had initially been caught.
- To cancel or cease to participate in (a scheduled course, event, or project).
noun
- The stage.
- A folded paper used for distributing illicit drugs.
- A set of slides for a presentation.
- A set of cards owned by each individual player and from which they draw when playing.
- The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
- Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a balcony; a porch; a raised patio; a flat rooftop.
- A main aeroplane surface, especially of a biplane or multiplane.
- A pack or set of playing cards.
- A headline consisting of one or more actual lines of text.
- The floor.
verb
noun
- One of a pair of narrow curtains just behind the front curtain and teaser that mask the areas on the sides of the stage and can be adjusted to the desired width.
- An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels.
- Something abstract that causes suffering.
- One who torments; a person, animal, or object that causes suffering.
noun
- the first performance (as of a theatrical production)
- an open or empty space in or between things
- a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
- becoming open or being made open
- the act of opening something
- opportunity especially for employment or promotion
- the initial part of the introduction
- a possible alternative
- an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
- a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
- an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
- a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess
- the first of a series of actions
adj
noun
noun
- a stage area out of sight of the audience
- a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)
- one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane
- a unit of military aircraft
- the side of military or naval formation
- a hockey player stationed in a forward position on either side
- (in flight formation) a position to the side and just to the rear of another aircraft
- a group within a political party or legislature or other organization that holds distinct views or has a particular function
- the wing of a fowl
- a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud
- an addition that extends a main building
verb
noun
noun
- A safety curtain in a theatre.
- A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.
- A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
- Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
- A dark shade of the color silver.
- A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.
- shackles.
- A male homosexual.
- A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.
- Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.
- A meteorite consisting primarily of metallic iron (mixed with a small amount of nickel), as opposed to one composed mainly of stony material.
- dumb bombs, those without guidance systems.
- Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.
- A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.
adj
verb
noun
- The first act in a variety show or concert.
- A person who opens something.
- A device that opens something; specifically a tin-opener/can-opener, or a bottle opener.
- An establishment that opens.
- The player who starts the betting.
- The first goal or point scored.
- A period of time when it is legal to commercially fish.
- Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting.
- A person employed to separate sheets of hot metal that become stuck together.
- A batsman who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings.
- The first game played in a competition.
- The first in a series of events, items etc.; the first remark or sentence of a conversation.
- A pitcher who specializes in getting the first outs of a game before being replaced, either by a long reliever or a pitcher who would normally start.
noun
- The showing of a film
- Material removed by such a process; refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc.
- A method to identify a disease in a population which is not showing any symptoms of this disease.
- The process of checking or filtering.
- The examination and treatment of a material to detect and remove unwanted fractions
- shielding
- Action done by the serving team to prevent the opposing team from seeing the server and the flight path of the ball.
- Mesh material that is used to screen (as in a "screen door").
noun
- A spotlight.
- Any gluey or adhesive substance; something which traps or captures someone; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.
- The wood of this tree.
- A deciduous tree of the genus Tilia, especially Tilia × europaea; the linden tree.
- Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.
- A brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.
- Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia.
- A fan fiction story which contains sexual references, but stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity (coined by analogy with lemon).
- Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
adj
verb
noun
noun
noun
- A piece of freestanding stage scenery.
- Any planned strategy that a team uses after play is restarted with a free kick, penalty kick, corner kick, goal kick, throw-in or kickoff.
- An elaborate and interesting scene in a movie or video game, usually the most important and visually iconic scene in the work.
- Any carefully planned sequence of operations, especially as part of a military operation.
noun
- A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits.
- An extension cord.
- A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
- A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade.
- A short musical phrase or chord used non-diegetically to dramatic or emphatic effect.
- A final note played at the end of a military march.
- Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically.
- Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish.
- A station identifier on television or radio played between shows.
- A cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe.
- An improvised heating element used to boil or heat water in prison.
- A portable bed of nails to puncture car tires, used by police and military forces.
- A stinging nettle.
- Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.
- A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness.
noun
- The pit of a theatre.
- Basis, foundation, groundwork, legwork.
- Terrain.
- A soccer stadium.
- Reason, (epistemic) justification, cause.
- The plain surface upon which the figures of an artistic composition are set.
- A flat surface upon which figures are raised in relief.
- An electrical conductor connected to the earth, or a large conductor whose electrical potential is taken as zero (such as a steel chassis).
- The area on which a battle is fought, particularly as referring to the area occupied by one side or the other. Often, according to the eventualities, "to give ground" or "to gain ground".
- The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground.
- One of the pieces of wood, flush with the plastering, to which mouldings etc. are attached.
- The bottom of a body of water.
- Background, context, framework, surroundings.
- The net of small meshes upon which the embroidered pattern is applied.
- A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.
- Advantage given or gained in any contest; e.g. in football, chess, debate or academic discourse.
- The area of grass on which a match is played (a cricket field); the entire arena in which it is played; the part of the field behind a batsman's popping crease where he can not be run out (hence to make one's ground).
- The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
- Soil, earth.
- A gummy substance spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle.
verb
- To cover with a ground, as a copper plate for etching, or as paper or other materials with a uniform tint as a preparation for ornament.
- To connect (an electrical conductor or device) to a ground.
- To forbid (an aircraft or pilot) to fly.
- To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly.
- To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed.
- To place something on the ground.
- To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).
- To improve or focus the mental or emotional state of.
- To punish, especially a child or teenager, by forcing them to stay at home and/or give up certain privileges.
- To give a basic education in a particular subject; to instruct in elements or first principles.
adj
adv
- Behind the scenes in a theatre; backstage.
- At or in the rear or back part of something.
- So as to come after someone or something in position, distance, advancement, ranking, time, etc.
- So as to be still in place after someone or something has departed or ceased to exist.
- In a rearward direction.
- Backward in time or order of succession; past.
adj
prep
- As a result or consequence of.
- Responsible for, being the creator or controller of.
- After in developmental progress, score, grade, etc.; inferior to.
- After in time.
- In the past, from the viewpoint of.
- Concealed by (something serving as a facade or disguise).
- After in physical progress or distance.
- In support of.
- Underlying, being the reason for or explanation of.
- At or to the back or far side of.
noun
noun
- A cinema.
- A conspicuous but unproductive display of action.
- Any place rising by steps like the seats of a theater.
- An operating theatre or locale for human experimentation.
- A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.
- Drama or performance as a profession or art form.
- A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war.
- A lecture theatre.
prep
- Upstage of.
- In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface.
- Higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; higher in measure, degree, volume, or pitch, etc. than; out of reach; not exposed to; not likely to be affected by; incapable of negative actions or thoughts.
- Higher in rank, status, or position.
- Farther north than.
- In preference to.
- Rising; appearing out of reach height-wise.
- Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
- Surpassing in number or quantity; more than.
- Beyond; on the other side.
- Too proud to stoop to; averse to; disinclined towards;
- In addition to; besides.
adv
- Higher in rank, power, or position.
- On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.
- Above zero; above freezing.
- More in number.
- Into or from heaven; in the sky.
- Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.
- In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream.
- Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
adj
noun
noun
- The beginning of something.
- The proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.
- An arbitrary point on Earth's surface, chosen as the zero for a system of coordinates.
- The source of a river, information, goods, etc.
- Ancestry.
- The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersect.
noun
- A theatre.
- House music.
- A workhouse.
- An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.
- A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
- An apartment building within a public housing estate.
- One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
- A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.
- Size and quality of residential accommodations.
- The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.
- A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or a couturier.
- A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre, or a casino; or the management thereof.
- The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
- Lotto; bingo.
- A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
- A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
- A small stand of trees in a swamp.
- A set of cells in a Sudoku puzzle which must contain each digit exactly once, such as a row, column, or 3×3 box in classic Sudoku.
- The people who live in a house; a household.
- A building intended to contain a single household, as opposed to an apartment or condominium or building containing these.
- A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a component of a legislature.
- The fourth Lenormand card.
- A place of rest or repose.
- A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
verb
- To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
- To admit to residence; to harbor.
- To contain or cover mechanical parts.
- To contain one part of an object for the purpose of locating the whole.
- To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
- To eat.
- To keep within a structure or container.
- To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.
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