curtail
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
place restrictions on
curtail drinking in school
Types & categories
- limit hypernym
- abridge hyponym
- immobilize hyponym
Related & opposite
- restriction derivation
- bridle derivation
- restrictive derivation
Sense 2 verb
terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent
My speech was cut short
Types & categories
- shorten hypernym
Related & opposite
- curtailment derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | restriction |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bridle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | restrictive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | limit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | abridge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | immobilize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | curtailment |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shorten |