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    curtail - Dictionary definition and meaning for word curtail

    Definition
    (verb) place restrictions on
    Synonyms : curb , cut back , restrict
    Example Sentence
    • curtail drinking in school
    Definition
    (verb) terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
    Synonyms : clip , cut short
    Example Sentence
    • My speech was cut short
    • Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for curtail

curTAIL. Can be read as cur + TAIL or cutting the tail of an animal, ie reducing it. So curTAIL is to shorten or to reduce.

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if you put CURTains to yur door or windows it will REDUCE the width of the door or window

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we use curtains to RESTRICT others seeing us (say while changing our clothes :D)...!!!

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