verb🔗ShareTo cut short the tail of an animal"Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair."animalChat 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."timeactionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo limit or restrict, keep in check."The company is curtailing travel expenses to save money. "actiongovernmentbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA cutting short; truncation."The company announced a curtailing of travel expenses to reduce the budget deficit. "actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
