decrease, reduce, shorten, cut short
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Curtail Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
(n.)
The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
curtail
\cur*tail"\ (kŭr*tāl"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. curtailed (-tāld"); 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. our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled.
curtail
\cur"tail\ (k?r"t?l), n. the scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
curtail
v
1. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" [syn: restrict, curb, cut back]
2. 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" [syn: clip, cut short ]
similar words(1)
curtail dog
To cut off or cut short.
Cwtau = v. to shorten, to curtail
Cwtogi = v. to shorten, to curtail
Dyfyru = v. to curtail
Toli = v. to curtail; to spare; to deal out
Verb
1. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
(synonym) restrict, curb, cut back
(hypernym) limit, circumscribe, confine
(hyponym) immobilize, immobilise
2. 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"
(synonym) clip, cut short
(hypernym) shorten
(derivation) curtailment
Curtail Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
