restrict, curtail, curb, cut back
(verb) place restrictions on; “curtail drinking in school”
clip, curtail, cut short
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
curtail (third-person singular simple present curtails, present participle curtailing, simple past and past participle curtailed)
(transitive, obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal
(transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
(transitive, figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in check.
• (animal's tail): crop, dock
• (shorten): abbreviate, shorten; See also shorten
• (limit): behedge, control, limit, restrain; See also curb
curtail (plural curtails)
(architecture) A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.
• trucial, urtical
Source: Wiktionary
Cur*tail" (kr-tl"), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curtailed (-tld"); p.pr. & vb.n. Curtailing.] Etym: [See Curtal.]
Definition: 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. Macualay.
Cur"tail (kr"tl), n.
Definition: The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2024
(verb) reach, make, or come to a decision about something; “We finally decided after lengthy deliberations”
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
