THE DIFFERENT MEANINGS OF WORDS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS – DR DAWN GOULD

CURTAINS 

Material used to cover a window

To conceal and reveal – stage curtains, shower curtains

To ring down the curtains – performance at an end.

Curtain up – performance starting

To surround a hospital bed

A hopeless situation –  it was curtains for that person, death

 

BARK 

The outer cover of a tree (noun)

Refers to the sound a dog makes (verb)

 

BOLT       

A type of metal fastener

To run extremely fast

 

NOVEL     

A book of fiction

An approach to solve a problem

 

HARBOUR

Shelter for ships at anchor

To provide shelter – to protect  or conceal a human being