'Curtail' definitions:
Definition of 'curtail'
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Definition of 'Curtail'
From: GCIDE
- Curtail \Cur"tail\ (k?r"t?l), n. The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Curtail'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'curtail'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- abbreviate,
- abrade,
- abridge,
- abstract,
- arrest,
- bate,
- bereave,
- bleed,
- bob,
- boil down,
- bridle,
- capsulize,
- check,
- circumscribe,
- clip,
- coarct,
- compact,
- compress,
- concentrate,
- condense,
- consolidate,
- constrain,
- constrict,
- constringe,
- contain,
- contract,
- control,
- cool,
- cool off,
- cramp,
- crop,
- curb,
- cut,
- cut back,
- cut down,
- cut off,
- cut off short,
- cut short,
- damp,
- dampen,
- decelerate,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- deflate,
- depreciate,
- depress,
- deprive,
- deprive of,
- derogate,
- detract,
- diminish,
- disentitle,
- disparage,
- divest,
- dock,
- dompt,
- downgrade,
- drain,
- draw,
- draw in,
- draw together,
- ease one of,
- eat away,
- elide,
- enjoin,
- epitomize,
- erode,
- extract,
- file away,
- foreshorten,
- govern,
- guard,
- hinder,
- hold,
- hold at bay,
- hold back,
- hold fast,
- hold in,
- hold in check,
- hold in leash,
- hold up,
- impair,
- inhibit,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep from,
- keep in,
- keep in check,
- keep under control,
- knit,
- lay under restraint,
- leach,
- lessen,
- lighten one of,
- lower,
- milk,
- mine,
- minify,
- mow,
- narrow,
- nip,
- pare,
- poll,
- pollard,
- prohibit,
- prune,
- pucker,
- pucker up,
- pull,
- pull in,
- purify,
- purse,
- reap,
- recap,
- recapitulate,
- reduce,
- refine,
- rein,
- rein in,
- remove,
- restrain,
- retard,
- retrench,
- roll back,
- rub away,
- scale down,
- set back,
- shave,
- shear,
- shorten,
- simplify,
- slash,
- slow down,
- snub,
- solidify,
- step down,
- straiten,
- strangle,
- strangulate,
- stunt,
- subduct,
- subtract,
- sum up,
- summarize,
- synopsize,
- take away,
- take away from,
- take from,
- take in,
- tap,
- telescope,
- thin,
- thin out,
- trim,
- truncate,
- tune down,
- wear away,
- weed,
- withdraw,
- withhold,
- wrinkle