Definizione monolingua

curtail

curtail (third-person singular simple present curtails, present participle curtailing, simple past and past participle curtailed) (transitive)

1. (obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal

   Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair.

2. To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.

   When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.

3. (figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in check.

   Their efforts to curtail spending didnt quite succeed.

Definizione dizionario curtail

ritirare

abbreviare

accorciare

amputare

decurtare

diminuire

limitare

restringere

ridurre

tagliare

troncare

Altri significati:

to shorten or abridge

(obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal

To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.

to cut short an animal's tail

to limit or restrict

(figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in check.

To cut out the extreme parts of something.