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2. brief, concise, succinct, terse, laconic, pithy, crisp; summary, compact, compendious.
3. short-spoken, abrupt, brusque, blunt, gruff; rude, uncivil, unceremonious, ungracious, impolite; snappish, tart, petulant; harsh, bluff, sullen, hostile, crusty.
curtail, v. reduce, decrease, retrench, diminish, cut, cut short, cut down, cut back, cut off, subtract, subduct, lessen, shorten, contract, abridge, abbreviate, narrow, shrink, compress, Obs. breviate, dock, crop, clip, shear, trim, prune, pare down, shave, nip; All Inf. pull back on, tighten up on, put the squeeze on; limit, restrict, tie down, rein, draw rein, constrict, confine; stub, stunt, truncate, obtruncate, detruncate, lop, lop off; slim down, slenderize, shrivel, wither, dwarf,
curtailment, n. reduction, reducing, decrease, decreasing, retrenchment, retrenching, diminution, diminishing, cutting short, cutting off, cutting down, cutting back, subtraction, subtracting, subduction, subducting; loss, lessening, shortage, shortening, contraction, contracting, abridgement, abbreviation, narrowing, shrinkage, shrinking, compression, compressing; docking, cropping, shearing, trimming, clipping, pruning, shaving, nipping; limitation, limiting, restriction, restricting, constriction, constricting, confinement, confining; stubbing, stunting, truncation, obtruncation, detruncation, lopping, lopping off; slimming down, slenderizing, shriveling, withering,
curtain, n. 1. window curtain, window shade; hanging, drapery, tapestry, dosser, portiere, valance, lambrequin; backdrop, drop, scrim; arras; firescreen.
2. screen, shutter, blind, shade, drape; cover, cloak, veil, purdah.
-v. 3. screen, hide, shield, drape, cover, conceal, veil.
curtsy, n. bow, bob, nod, salute, greeting, how-do-you-do; genuflection, kowtow, salaam,
curvature, n. arcuation, incurvation, incurvature, curvation, Pathol, cyrtosis, curve, camber, bend, bending, flexure; aduncity, hook, crook; sinuosity, an-fractuosity, winding, curl,
curve, n. 1. arc, arch, vault, Archit. extrados; incurve, camber; crescent, lunule, lune, meniscus, half moon; bend, turn, horseshoe, Phys. Geog., U.S. oxbow; Geom. parabola, Geom. epicycloid, Geom. ellipse.
2. trick, deception, cheat, swindle, ruse, wile.
-v. 3. bend, arch, Archit. embow, bow, round; incurve, camber; crook, hook, turn, inflect, deflect; wind, curl, coil, spiral,
cushion, n. 1. pillow, bolster, upholstery; hassock, mat, pad, pillion, Brit, woolsack; seat, rest; buffer, shock absorber, fender.
-v. 2. pillow, bolster, cradle; support, prop, shore up, brace, underbrace, buttress.
3. check, forestall, quieten, mollify; soften, lessen, allay, mitigate.
cusp, n. point, pointed end, nib; tip, apex, peak, top; corner, angle,
custodian, n. 1. keeper, guardian, caretaker, conservator, protector, preserver, defender; guard, warder, watchman, watchdog.
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