curtail

v. decrease, reduce, shorten, cut short

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Verb
1. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
(synonym) restrict, curb, cut back
(hypernym) limit, circumscribe, confine
(hyponym) immobilize, immobilise
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"
(synonym) clip, cut short
(hypernym) shorten
(derivation) curtailment

v. zkrátit; zkrácení

Czas. skracać; ucinać

(v. t.)
To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
  

(n.)
The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.