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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "curtail dog"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "curtailer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "curtailment"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "curtal"
},
"expansion": "curtal",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "courtault",
"4": "",
"5": "which has been shortened"
},
"expansion": "Old French courtault (“which has been shortened”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "court",
"3": "",
"4": "short"
},
"expansion": "court (“short”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "curtus"
},
"expansion": "Latin curtus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "-ault"
},
"expansion": "-ault",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Alteration of curtal, from Old French courtault (“which has been shortened”), itself from court (“short”) (from Latin curtus) + -ault",
"forms": [
{
"form": "curtails",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "curtailing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "curtailed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "curtailed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "curtail (third-person singular simple present curtails, present participle curtailing, simple past and past participle curtailed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "curt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "curtal"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Curtailing horses procured long horse-hair."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cut short the tail of an animal"
],
"id": "en-curtail-en-verb-U1sgYXRh",
"links": [
[
"cut",
"cut"
],
[
"tail",
"tail"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"sense": "animal's tail",
"word": "crop"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"sense": "animal's tail",
"word": "dock"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "91 4 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podrjazvam",
"sense": "cut short an animal's tail",
"word": "подрязвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 4 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "cut short an animal's tail",
"word": "escurçar"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 4 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "cut short an animal's tail",
"word": "beknotten"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 4 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "cut short an animal's tail",
"word": "knotten"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 4 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "cut short an animal's tail",
"word": "kortwieken"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 4 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "cut short an animal's tail",
"word": "bekorten"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 4 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "cut short an animal's tail",
"word": "inkorten"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 4 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "cut short an animal's tail",
"word": "verkorten"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 4 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cut short an animal's tail",
"word": "typistää"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 4 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cut short an animal's tail",
"word": "écourter"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 4 6",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "cut short an animal's tail",
"word": "derrabar"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 4 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cut short an animal's tail",
"word": "kupieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 4 6",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "cut short an animal's tail",
"word": "kupere"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 4 6",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "cut short an animal's tail",
"word": "kupere"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 4 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cut short an animal's tail",
"word": "derrabar"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 4 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ukoráčivatʹ",
"sense": "cut short an animal's tail",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "укора́чивать"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 4 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ukorotítʹ",
"sense": "cut short an animal's tail",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "укороти́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 4 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obrezátʹ",
"sense": "cut short an animal's tail",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обреза́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 4 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obrézatʹ",
"sense": "cut short an animal's tail",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "обре́зать"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 4 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cut short an animal's tail",
"word": "acortar"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech."
}
],
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"To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate."
],
"id": "en-curtail-en-verb-PMNkanom",
"links": [
[
"shorten",
"shorten"
],
[
"abridge",
"abridge"
],
[
"truncate",
"truncate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "7 89 4",
"sense": "shorten",
"word": "abbreviate"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "skǎsjavam",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "скъсявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎkraštavam",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "съкращавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "escurçar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suōjiǎn",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "缩减"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīngjiǎn",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "精简"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "zkrátit"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "forkorte"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "beknotten"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "knotten"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "kortwieken"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "bekorten"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "inkorten"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "verkorten"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "lyhentää"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "écourter"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "abréger"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "recortar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "acurtar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "abreviar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "beschneiden"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "stutzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "verkürzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "suntémnō",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "συντέμνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kitsér",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "קִצֵּרקִצֵּר"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tsimtsém",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "צִמְצֵם"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "rekortar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "abreviar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "auporo"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "tauporo"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "totope"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "forkorte"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "forkorte"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "encurtar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sokraščátʹ",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сокраща́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sokratítʹ",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сократи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "urezátʹ",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "уреза́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "urézatʹ",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "уре́зать"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "giorraich"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "skratiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "smanjiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "acortar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 91 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "shorten or abridge",
"word": "truncar"
}
]
},
{
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{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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{
"ref": "1960 December, “Talking of Trains: Branch report”, in Trains Illustrated, page 708",
"text": "This is the rump of the C.L.C. branch to Southport Lord Street, which lost its passenger services beyond Aintree from January 7, 1952, whereupon the timetable between Gateacre and Aintree was greatly curtailed.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2018, “Israeli gov't is trying to defund +972 Magazine, report says”, in +972 Magazine",
"text": "The current Israeli government has been working to curtail and eliminate critical voices within Israeli society in recent years, particularly those fighting to end the occupation and expose human rights violations against Palestinians and marginalized communities.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To limit or restrict, keep in check."
],
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],
[
"restrict",
"restrict"
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[
"in check",
"in check"
]
],
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"(transitive, figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in check."
],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 100",
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"word": "behedge"
}
],
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],
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{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ograníčavam",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ограни́чавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiànzhì",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "限制"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhìyuē",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "制约"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "omezit"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "begrænse"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "beknotten"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "kort houden"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "kortwieken"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "beperken"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "piirama"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "rajoittaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "restreindre"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "limitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "coartar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "restrinxir"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "beschränken"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "beschneiden"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "drosseln"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "kürzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "totope"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "begrense"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "avgrense"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "limitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "restringir"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ograníčivatʹ",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ограни́чивать"
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{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ograníčitʹ",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ограни́чить"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "ograničiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
"word": "stegnuti"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 2 93",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "limit or restrict",
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}
]
}
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"ipa": "/kɜːˈteɪl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɚˈteɪl/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪl"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "control"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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}
],
"word": "curtail"
}
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"2": "curtal"
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"name": "m"
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"4": "",
"5": "which has been shortened"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(architecture) A scroll termination, as of a step, etc."
],
"topics": [
"architecture"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kɜːˈteɪl/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɚˈteɪl/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪl"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-curtail.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7a/En-us-curtail.ogg/En-us-curtail.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/En-us-curtail.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "curtail"
}
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