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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