Curtail

Verb

 * 1)  To cut short the tail of an animal
 * ''Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.
 * 1) To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
 * When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.
 * 1)  To limit or restrict, keep in check.
 * Their efforts to curtail spending didn't quite succeed.

Synonyms

 * (animal's tail) crop, dock
 * shorten
 * control, limit, restrain

Derived terms

 * curtailer
 * curtailment

Related terms

 * curt
 * curtal

Adverbs for Curtail
sharply; considerably; drastically; harmfully; detrimentally; abruptly; unexpectedly; nominally; promptly.

Thesaurus
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