curtail

English - Turkish

Definition of curtail in English Turkish dictionary: {f} kısaltmak; kısalma; kısıntı yapmak; azaltmak; kısa kesmek; kısa kes; kısmak; Kısıtlamak, kısıtlama yapmak; kes; curtailment azaltma; {f} kesmek, kısaltmak, azaltmak; kıs/kısa kes; {f} düşürmek; azalma; kısaltma
curtail the period: (Kanun) süreyi kısaltmak
curtail step: birinci basamak
curtail wall: (İnşaat) takma cephe
curtail wall: (İnşaat) alçak duvar
curtail wall: (İnşaat) giydirme cephe
curtailed: {f} kısa kes
curtailed: kısa kes(mek)
curtailed: kisa kes

English - English

Definition of curtail in English English dictionary: To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate
When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.; To cut short the tail of an animal
Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.; To limit or restrict, keep in check
Their efforts to curtail spending didn't quite succeed.; to cut off or cut short; {v} to cut short, shorten, abridge; To limit or restrict; To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce; To cut short the tail of a horse; The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc; place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"; 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"; {f} decrease, reduce, shorten, cut short; If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it. NATO plans to curtail the number of troops being sent to the region = restrict. to reduce or limit something (curtal (15-17 centuries), from courtault ; influenced by tail); longtail
curtail dog: A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tail is necessary to a dog in running; hence, a dog not fit for sporting
curtailed: {s} shortened, cut-short, reduced, diminished
curtailed: past of curtail
curtailing: present participle of curtail
curtails: third-person singular of curtail