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CURTAIL
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they curtail ... he / she / it curtails
Past simple: curtailed
-ing form: curtailing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
curtail drinking in school
Synonyms:
curb; curtail; cut back; restrict
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "curtail" is one way to...):
circumscribe; confine to; limit (restrict or confine within limits)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "curtail"):
abridge (lessen, diminish, or curtail)
immobilise; immobilize (cause to be unable to move)
ration (restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war)
control; restrict (place under restrictions; limit access to by law)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
Example:
Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "curtail" is one way to...):
shorten (make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
curtailment (the temporal property of being cut short)