verb🔗ShareTo cut short the tail of an animal"Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair."animalactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate."When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech."timeactioneventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo limit or restrict, keep in check."Because attendance was low, the school curtailed the number of after-school activities offered. "actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
