Etymology: [ (")k&r-'tA(&)l ] (transitive verb.) 1580. Alteration of curtal, from Old French courtault (“which has been shortened”), itself from court (“short”) (from Latin curtus) + -ault
Synonyms: crop, dock, shorten, control, limit, restrain, abbreviate, boil down, chop, clip, contract, cramp, cut, cut back, decrease, diminish, downsize, get to meat, halt
To cut short the tail of an animal, To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate, To limit or restrict, keep in check, longtail, decrease, reduce, shorten, cut short, To limit or restrict, To cut short the tail of a horse, If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it. NATO plans to curtail the number of troops being sent to the region = restrict. to reduce or limit something (curtal (15-17 centuries), from courtault ; influenced by tail), 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", place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school", To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce, The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc, past of curtail, shortened, cut-short, reduced, diminished, present participle of curtail, third-person singular of curtail,
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To cut short the tail of an animal - "Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair."
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To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate - "When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech."
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To limit or restrict, keep in check - "Their efforts to curtail spending didn't quite succeed."
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longtail
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decrease, reduce, shorten, cut short fiil
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To limit or restrict
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To cut short the tail of a horse
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If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it. NATO plans to curtail the number of troops being sent to the region = restrict. to reduce or limit something (curtal (15-17 centuries), from courtault ; influenced by tail)
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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"
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place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
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To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce
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The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc
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