укора́чивать — meaning in English
ukorachivat
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English meaning
- abridge verb To take something away from someone; to cut it off.
- 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.
- shorten verb To make something shorter in length, duration, or extent.
Senses
укора́чивать is used for these senses in English:
- abridge (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. [First attested around 1350–1470]
- 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.
- shorten (transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.
abridge — full definition
- verb To take something away from someone; to cut it off.
- verb To stop someone from having or doing something.
- verb To make something shorter in length or time.
- verb To make a piece of writing shorter while keeping its main meaning.
curtail — full definition
- verb To cut something short or reduce it, especially something that would otherwise have continued at its full extent.
- verb To restrict a freedom, right or activity, limiting what someone is allowed to do.
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