Curtail

Word CURTAIL
Character 7
Hyphenation cur tail cur tail
Pronunciations /kɜːˈteɪl/

Definitions and meanings of "Curtail"

What do we mean by curtail?

To cut short or reduce: synonym: shorten. transitive verb

A corruption of curtal. Compare curtail, v. noun

To cut short; cut off the end or a part of; dock; diminish in extent or quantity: as, to curtail words.

To deprive by excision or removal; abate by deprivation or negation: as, to curtail one of part of his allowance, or of his proper title.

In architecture, a member shaped like a volute or scroll, especially in stair-building, as in the lower termination of a hand-rail or the projection of the lowest step of a flight. See curtail-step. noun

The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc. noun

To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce. transitive verb

To cut short the tail of an animal verb

To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate. verb

To limit or restrict, keep in check. verb

A scroll termination, as of a step, etc. noun

Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent verb

Place restrictions on verb

A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Curtail

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The word "curtail" in example sentences

Booming M&A activity has helped to drive Australia's stock market to a record, but these changes may in the short term curtail that activity. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A poor African, behind the pulpit, who perhaps had seen pictures of the devil with a long tail and hoofs, misapprehended the meaning of the word curtail, and responded, "Amen! may it be cut right, smack, smooth, short off." ❋ Unknown (1857)

Freedom is not absolute, of course, but the worst atrocities in history have been carried out when authorities decided to "curtail" activities "in the interest of the common good." ❋ Unknown (2005)

I mean I am a seeker, so I worked really hard to kind of curtail those behaviors but I could not be in charge or in control of my behavior until I went on medicine. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Tho 'curtail'd their ranks, 'tis their character due, ❋ Unknown (1808)

The DGS strongly suggested that I "curtail" my "public activities" because we live in a small community and it might affect my reputation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Time Warner Cable said it will "curtail" the use of the word "free" in advertising its HD service and stopped running ads claiming that AT ❋ Unknown (2010)

"curtail" his Majesty's Wig "of its fair proportion;" yet I have sometimes been apt to think it rather improper, to make the Wig, as is usually done, of larger dimensions than the tree in which it and his ❋ Gregory Griffin (N/A)

King called for blacks to stop drinking and gambling and to curtail their desires for luxuries. ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

Just turning a blind eye to medical marijuana is, in my view, going to do little to curtail the trade and resultant violence. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Barbara Lyons, executive director of Wisconsin Right to Life, calls efforts to curtail government funding for Planned Parenthood "far past due." ❋ Unknown (2011)

Unions are heading into the 2012 election cycle facing moves in several states to curtail collective-bargaining rights. ❋ Melanie Trottman (2011)

These resources, applied against the drug producers and distributors, could make a very important difference in effectiveness of efforts to curtail this illegal industry. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To more effectively curtail the real's rise, Brazil's government must exhibit much more fiscal discipline, economists say. ❋ Erin McCarthy (2011)

Barbara Lyons, executive director of Wisconsin Right to Life, called efforts to curtail government funding for Planned Parenthood "far past due." ❋ Unknown (2011)

The challenge for Swiss authorities is that investors aren't being driven by interest-rate differentials, so the bank may have limited ability to curtail their appetite for Swiss assets. ❋ Takashi Nakamichi (2011)

But, in the end, I don't believe that the particulars of this ordinance significantly curtail 1st Amendment rights enough to justify a no vote. ❋ Joe Moreno (2012)

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