About The Word Curtail
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Curtail
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What's The Definition Of Curtail?
[v] place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
[v] terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries" Synonyms | Synonyms for Curtail: clip | curb | cut back | cut short | restrict Related Terms | Find terms related to Curtail: abate | abbreviate | abrade | abridge | abstract | arrest | bate | bereave | bleed | bob | boil down | bridle | capsulize | check | circumscribe | clip | coarct | compact | compress | concentrate | condense | consolidate | constrain | constrict | constringe | contain | contract | control | cool | cool off | cramp | crop | curb | cut | cut back | cut down | cut off | cut off short | cut short | damp | dampen | decelerate | decrease | deduct | deflate | depreciate | depress | deprive | deprive of | derogate | detract | diminish | disentitle | disparage | divest | dock | dompt | downgrade | drain | draw | draw in | draw together | ease one of | eat away | elide | enjoin | epitomize | erode | extract | file away | foreshorten | govern | guard | hinder | hold | hold at bay | hold back | hold fast | hold in | hold in check | hold in leash | hold up | impair | inhibit | keep | keep back | keep from | keep in | keep in check | keep under control | knit | lay under restraint | leach | lessen | lighten one of | lower | milk | mine | minify | mow | narrow | nip | pare | poll | pollard | prohibit | prune | pucker | pucker up | pull | pull in | purify | purse | reap | recap | recapitulate | reduce | refine | rein | rein in | remove | restrain | retard | retrench | roll back | rub away | scale down | set back | shave | shear | shorten | simplify | slash | slow down | snub | solidify | step down | straiten | strangle | strangulate | stunt | subduct | subtract | sum up | summarize | synopsize | take away | take away from | take from | take in | tap | telescope | thin | thin out | trim | truncate | tune down | wear away | weed | withdraw | withhold | wrinkle See Also | circumscribe | confine | immobilise | immobilize | limit | shorten Curtail In Webster's Dictionary \Cur*tail"\ (k[u^]r*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Curtailed} (-t[=a]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Curtailing}.] [See
{Curtal}.]
To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to
abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. --Shak.
Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been
doubled. --Macaulay.
\Cur"tail\ (k?r"t?l), n. The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc. |
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