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  • 1 curtail

    [kə'teil]
    (make less, shorter etc (than was originally intended): I've had to curtail my visit.) συντομεύω

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  • 2 Curtail

    v. trans.
    P. and V. συντέμνειν, συστέλλειν, κολούειν.

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  • 3 curtail

    1) κονταίνω
    2) περικόπτω

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  • 4 Cut

    v. trans.
    P. and V. τέμνειν, κόπτειν.
    Hew: P. and V. τέμνειν, κόπτειν, ἐκτέμνειν, V. κείρειν.
    Divide, sever: P. and V. σχίζειν, ἀποσχίζειν, τέμνειν, διατέμνειν.
    Cut a road or canal: P. τέμνειν.
    met., affect deeply: P. and V. δάκνειν.
    Cut one's hair: P. and V. κείρεσθαι, Ar. and P. ἀποκείρεσθαι; see cut off.
    Out ( teeth): use P. and V. φύειν (acc.).
    Cut down: P. and V. τέμνειν, Ar. and P. κατατέμνειν, κατακόπτειν, ἐκκόπτειν; see also Kill.
    met., curtail: P. and V. συντέμνειν, συστέλλειν, κολούειν.
    Cut off: P. and V. τέμνειν, κόπτειν, Ar. and P. ἀποτέμνειν, V. θερίζειν, ἀπαμᾶν.
    Cut clean off.: P. and V. ἀποκαυλίζειν (Thuc. 2, 76).
    Cut off ( hair): P. and V. κείρεσθαι, V. ἀποθρίσαι ( 1st aor. ἀποθερίζειν), τέμνειν.
    Intercept: P. ἀπολαμβάνειν, διαλαμβάνειν.
    Cut off by a wall: P. ἀποικοδομεῖν (acc.).
    Shut out: P. and V. ἀποκλῄειν.
    Destroy: P. and V. καθαιρεῖν, διαφθείρειν; see Destroy.
    Cut open: P. διακόπτειν (used of cutting open a lip, Dem. 1259).
    Cut out: P. and V. ἐκτέμνειν.
    Cut short: P. and V. συντέμνειν; see also Destroy.
    Interrupt a person speaking: P. ὑπολαμβάνειν, Ar. ὑποκρούειν; see Interrupt.
    Cut through (generally): P. and V. διατέμνειν, P. διακόπτειν.
    Cut through enemy's ranks, etc.: P. διακόπτειν (acc.) (Xen.).
    Force ( a passage): P. βιάζεσθαι (acc.).
    Cut up: P. and V. κόπτειν, τέμνειν, Ar. and P. κατακόπτειν, κατατέμνειν.
    Carve: V. κρεοκοπεῖν, ἀρταμεῖν.
    Cut up small: P. κερματίζειν.
    ——————
    adj.
    Cut off: V. τομαῖος.
    ——————
    subs.
    Slice: Ar. τόμος, ὁ, P. τμῆμα, τό (Plat.), περίτμημα, τό (Plat.).
    Blow: P. and V. πληγή, ἡ, V. τομή, ἡ.
    Wound: P. and V. τραῦμα, τό.
    If the cut be deep: P. εἰ βαθὺ τὸ τμῆμά (ἐστι) (Plat., Gorg. 476C).
    Short cut: Ar. ἀτραπὸς σύντομος, ἡ.
    By the shortest cut: P. τὰ συντομώτατα (Thuc. 2, 97).

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  • 5 Pare

    v. trans.
    Cut: P. and V. τέμνειν.
    Cut down, curtail: P. and V. συντέμνειν.

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  • 6 Stint

    v. trans.
    Grudge: P. and V. φθονεῖν (τινί τινος), V. μεγαίρειν (τινί τινος).
    Curtail: P. and V. συντέμνειν, συστέλλειν.
    Be grudging of: P. and V. φείδεσθαι (gen.).
    Be stinted of: P. and V. σπανίζειν (gen.), V. σπανίζεσθαι (gen.).
    Stinted of: V. ὑπεσπανισμένος (gen.).
    ——————
    subs.
    Grudging: P. and V. φθόνος, ὁ.
    Deficiency, lack: P. and V. σπάνις, ἡ, ἀπορία, ἡ; see Lack.
    Limit: P. and V. μέτρον, τό.

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См. также в других словарях:

  • curtail — cur‧tail [kɜːˈteɪl ǁ kɜːr ] verb [transitive] to reduce or limit something: • The Federal Bank s critics in Congress are eager to curtail its power. • Investment plans may be curtailed by high interest rates. * * * curtail UK US /kɜːˈteɪl/ verb… …   Financial and business terms

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Curtail — Cur tail (k?r t?l), n. The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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. [1913 Webster] I, that am… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • curtail — I verb abate, abbreviate, abridge, clip, coartare, cut, cut down, cut short, decrease, diminish, halt, lessen, lop, make smaller, minuere, pare, pare down, reduce, retrench, shorten, subtract, trim II index abate (lessen) …   Law dictionary

  • curtail — late 15c., from M.Fr. courtault made short, from court short (O.Fr. cort, from L. curtus; see CURT (Cf. curt)) + ault pejorative suffix of Germanic origin. Originally curtal; used of horses with docked tails, which probably influenced the… …   Etymology dictionary

  • curtail — *shorten, abbreviate, abridge, retrench Analogous words: reduce, *decrease, lessen: *cut, slash Antonyms: protract, prolong Contrasted words: *extend, lengthen, elongate …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • curtail — [v] cut short; abridge abbreviate, boil down, chop, clip, contract, cramp, cut, cut back, decrease, diminish, dock, downsize, get to meat*, halt, lessen, lop, minify, pare down, put in nutshell*, reduce, retrench, roll back, shorten, slash, trim …   New thesaurus

  • curtail — ► VERB ▪ reduce in extent or quantity. DERIVATIVES curtailment noun. ORIGIN from obsolete curtal «horse with a docked tail», from Latin curtus, influenced by TAIL(Cf. ↑tailless) …   English terms dictionary

  • curtail — [kər tāl′] vt. [ME curtailen, altered (by assoc. with taillen < OFr taillier: see TAILOR) < OFr curtald, CURTAL] to cut short; reduce; abridge SYN. SHORTEN curtailment n …   English World dictionary

  • curtail — [[t]kɜː(r)te͟ɪl[/t]] curtails, curtailing, curtailed VERB If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it. [FORMAL] [V n] NATO plans to curtail the number of troops being sent to the region... [V n] I told Louie that old age would curtail her… …   English dictionary

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