The meaning of CURTAIL is to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part. How to use curtail in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Curtail.

When you put on a uniform, your freedom of speech is curtailed. Others will choose to curtail their labor and subsequent income to remain eligible for premium subsidies. At that point, the …

severely curtailed With all the snow, our daily walks have been severely curtailed. cancel Sorry, I have to cancel our plans tonight. call off The game has been called off because of the …

Definition of curtail verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. curtail something to limit something or make it last for a shorter time. Spending on books has been severely curtailed. The lecture was curtailed by the fire alarm going off. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?

To curtail something is to slow it down, put restrictions on it, or stop it entirely. If I give up cake, I am curtailing my cake-eating. Curtail is an official-sounding word for stopping or slowing things …

To cut short or reduce: We curtailed our conversation when other people entered the room. See Synonyms at shorten.

The new laws are an effort to curtail illegal drug use. We have to severely/drastically curtail [= cut back] our expenses. School activities are being curtailed due to a lack of funds.

Such power needs curtailing by encouraging more providers and other payment avenues. So many factors can curtail a career. If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it. There are …

Synonyms for CURTAILED: abridged, abbreviated, shortened, condensed, syncopated, cut-back, brief, sudden; Antonyms of CURTAILED: long, extended, lengthy, far, great, endless, prolonged, persistent

To cut short; reduce; abridge. (figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in check. Their efforts to curtail spending didn't quite succeed. (architecture) A scroll termination, as of a step, etc. We decided …