Curtail Synonyms and Antonyms
kər-tāl'
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Synonyms for Curtail
(Chemistry) To decrease the valence of an atom by adding electrons.
To shorten or reduce:
The definition of lessen is to diminish or to cause something to be diminished or reduced.
To remove by or as by cutting off
To confine; to limit; to restrict.
(Music) To reduce (a perfect or a minor interval) by a half step
To reduce the length of (a written text); condense:
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To mow, reap, or harvest:
To decrease size or volume by concentration toward the essence.
To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
To cut by striking with a heavy sharp tool, such as an ax:
Crop is defined as to cut, trim, bite or clip.
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To clip short or cut off an animal's tail or other part.
Restrict is defined as to keep someone or something within certain limits.
To cut a slit or slits in, especially so as to reveal an underlying color:
Prone to halting or hesitation.
(Idiomatic) To make less restrictive; to make more lenient.
To provide with a curb
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(Intransitive with on) To reduce consumption.
Make shorter by cutting
Antonyms for Curtail
(Intransitive) To become longer.
To lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone.
To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
Words Related to Curtail
To make short or shorter; reduce in length, amount, or extent
To make (a quantity) smaller.
(Intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
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