curtailed

2 definitions found

curtailed - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Curtail \Cur*tail"\ (k[u^]r*t[=a]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     Curtailed (-t[=a]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Curtailing.] [See
     Curtal.]
     To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to
     abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
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           I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. --Shak.
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           Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been
           doubled.                                 --Macaulay.
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curtailed - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "curtailed":
     abated, abbreviated, ablated, abridged, abstracted, attenuated,
     bated, belittled, bobbed, capsule, capsulized, clipped, compressed,
     condensed, consumed, contracted, cropped, cut short, decreased,
     deflated, digested, diminished, dissipated, docked, dropped,
     elided, elliptic, eroded, fallen, less, lesser, lower, lowered,
     miniaturized, mowed, mown, nipped, pollard, polled, pruned, reaped,
     reduced, retrenched, scaled-down, shaved, sheared, shorn,
     short-cut, shortened, shorter, shrunk, shrunken, smaller, snub,
     snubbed, trimmed, watered-down, weakened, worn