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curtail
(mass) | curtail
- obmedziť |
curtail
(encz) | curtail,omezit Pavel Machek; Giza |
curtail
(encz) | curtail,zkrátit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Curtail
(gcide) | Curtail \Cur"tail\ (k?r"t?l), n.
The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a
step, etc.
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Curtail
(gcide) | 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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curtail
(wn) | curtail
v 1: place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" [syn:
restrict, curtail, curb, cut back]
2: 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" [syn: clip, curtail, {cut
short}] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
curtailed
(encz) | curtailed,snížený adj: Zdeněk Brožcurtailed,zkrácený adj: Zdeněk Brožcurtailed,zredukovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
curtailment
(encz) | curtailment,omezování n: Pinocurtailment,zkrácení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Curtail
(gcide) | Curtail \Cur"tail\ (k?r"t?l), n.
The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a
step, etc.
[1913 Webster]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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Curtail dog
(gcide) | Curtail dog \Cur"tail dog`\ (d[o^]g`; 115).
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.
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Hope is a curtail dog in some affairs. --Shak.
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Curtailed
(gcide) | 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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Curtailer
(gcide) | Curtailer \Cur*tail"er\ (k[u^]r*t[=a]l"[~e]r), n.
One who curtails.
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Curtailing
(gcide) | 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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Curtailment
(gcide) | Curtailment \Cur*tail"ment\ (k?r-t?l"ment), n.
The act or result of curtailing or cutting off. --Bancroft.
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curtailment
(wn) | curtailment
n 1: the temporal property of being cut short
2: the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing
from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the
newspaper" [syn: suppression, curtailment]
3: the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially
stable [syn: retrenchment, curtailment, downsizing] |
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