Past tense of curtail

Forms of curtail

Curtailed in a sentence

• When the audience grew restless, the speaker curtailed her speech.
• 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.1960 December, “Talking of Trains: Branch report”, in Trains Illustrated, page 708
• With its government funding curtailed, the gun registry became an orphan program.From the entry orphan
• Alleygating has been shown to work. A number of criminal or anti-social acts can be curtailed or eliminated if security gates are installed.From the entry alleygating
• Uses of tetrachloroethylene have included dry cleaning, degreasing, deworming, and others, but its use is now curtailed as compared with decades ago.From the entry tetrachloroethylene

Meaning of curtail

1. verb To cut short the tail of (an animal).
2. verb To shorten or abridge the duration of; to bring an end to; to truncate.
3. verb To limit or restrict; to keep in check.

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Questions about the past tense of curtail

What is the past tense of curtail?

The past tense of curtail is curtailed.

What is the past participle of curtail?

The past participle of curtail is curtailed.

Is curtail a regular or irregular verb?

Curtail is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.