Found 3 items, similar to curtail.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: curtail membatasi, memendekkan, mengurangi
English → English (WordNet) Definition: curtail 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 ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Curtail Curtail \Cur"tail\ (k?r"t?l), n. The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc. [1913 Webster] Curtail \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. [1913 Webster] I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]