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  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.
     [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]

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

  Curtail \Cur"tail\ (k?r"t?l), n.
     The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a
     step, etc.

  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]

  curtail
     n.
     (lb en architecture) A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal
     2 (lb en transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of something;
  to truncate.
     3 (lb en transitive figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in
  check.

  curtail
     n.
     (lb en architecture) A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal
     2 (lb en transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of something;
  to truncate.
     3 (lb en transitive figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in
  check.

  curtail
     n.
     (lb en architecture) A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal
     2 (lb en transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of something;
  to truncate.
     3 (lb en transitive figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in
  check.

  curtail
     n.
     (lb en architecture) A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal
     2 (lb en transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of something;
  to truncate.
     3 (lb en transitive figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in
  check.

  curtail
     Englanti n.
     supistaa, vähentää

  Curtail /kɜːtˈeɪl/
  قلّل

  curtail //kɚˈteɪl// //kɜːˈteɪl// 
  1. подрязвам
  cut short an animal's tail
  2. ограни́чавам
  limit or restrict
  3. скъсявам, съкращавам
  shorten or abridge

  curtail /kɜːtˈeɪl/ 
  zkrátit

  curtail /kɜːtˈeɪl/
  omezit

  curtail /kɜːtˈeɪl/ 
  beschneiden  [Macht]
   see: curtailing, curtailed
  

  curtail /kɜːtˈeɪl/ 
  kürzen, abkürzen, verkürzen 
   see: curtailing, curtailed, curtails, curtailed
  

  curtail /kɜːtˈeɪl/
  
  περικόπτω, κονταίνω

  curtail //kɚˈteɪl// //kɜːˈteɪl// 
  1. typistää
  cut short an animal's tail
  2. rajoittaa
  limit or restrict
  3. lyhentää
  shorten or abridge

  curtail /kəːteil/
  abréger

  curtail /kɜːtˈeɪl/ 
  1. कम~करना
        "A prudent person will curtail his expenditure on unnecessary items"

  curtail /kɜːtˈeɪl/
  odsjeći, prekinuti, skratiti, smanjiti

  curtail //kɚˈteɪl// //kɜːˈteɪl// 
  kurang, potong

  curtail /kəːteil/
  breviare

  curtail /kɜːtˈeɪl/
  1. kesmek, kısaltmak, azaltmak. curtailment  azaltma, kısaltma, azalma, kısalma.

  
/kɝˈteɪɫ/

  162 Moby Thesaurus words for "curtail":
     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
  
  

  v. 缩减,剥夺,简略;

     vt. 缩减,剥夺,简略