vverb.changeinterrupt before its natural or planned endSynset:break off break short
Examples:- We had to cut short our vacation
Hypernyms:break interrupt
Inherited Hypernyms:cut shortinterruptendchange
Direct Hyponyms:hang up
Full Troponyms:hang up
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changecause to end earlier than intendedExamples:- The spontaneous applause cut the singer short
Hypernyms:disrupt interrupt
Inherited Hypernyms:cut shortinterruptchime ininterruptbreakendchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody
vverb.changemake shorter as if by cutting offSynset:truncate
Examples:- truncate a word
- Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains
Derivationally Related Form:truncation
Hypernyms:shorten
Inherited Hypernyms:truncateshortenreducedecreasechange
Entailment:chop off cut off lop off
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changeterminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extentSynset:clip curtail
Examples:- My speech was cut short
- Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries
Derivationally Related Form:curtailment
Hypernyms:shorten
Inherited Hypernyms:clipshortenreducedecreasechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something