kupieren — meaning in English

English meaning

• curtail verb To cut something short or reduce it, especially something that would otherwise have continued at its full extent.
• dock noun A structure at a harbour where ships load, unload, or are repaired.

Senses

kupieren is used for these senses in English:

• curtail (transitive, obsolete) To cut short the tail of (an animal).
• dock (transitive) To clip or cut off a section of an animal's tail; to practise a caudectomy.

curtail — full definition

1. verb To cut something short or reduce it, especially something that would otherwise have continued at its full extent.
2. verb To restrict a freedom, right or activity, limiting what someone is allowed to do.

dock — full definition

1. noun A structure at a harbour where ships load, unload, or are repaired.
2. verb To bring a ship into a dock, or for a spacecraft to connect to another craft or station.
3. verb To deduct an amount from someone's pay or score as a penalty.
4. noun The enclosed area in a courtroom where the accused sits during a trial.
5. noun A weedy plant with broad leaves, traditionally rubbed on nettle stings.

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