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.
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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.
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I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. --Shak.
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Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been
doubled. --Macaulay.
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