(v. t.) To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
(n.) The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Second, interconversion of adenine nucleotides to guanine nucleotides, is curtailed by the inhibition of IMP dehydrogenase by these same IMP analogues.
(2) Stringent (rel+) as well as relaxed (rel minus) strains were able to rapidly curtail their accumulation of ribonculeic acid (RNA) after a downshift imposed by decreasing glucose transport into the cell.
(3) If a prisoner is in the process of taking a programme this can hinder or even curtail their progress – many prisons don't offer certain programmes so if you are moved to a prison without a particular course you are back to square one when it comes to the crucial Parole Board assessment.
(4) Egg (embryo) production was normal for mites treated with 0.50 krad, but significantly curtailed by doses of 0.75 krad and greater.
(5) Conservatives have called for federal funding to be curtailed if a municipality maintains a “sanctuary” policy.
(6) Which manager's playing career was curtailed by a knee injury sustained when he fell out of a tree while rescuing a cat?
(7) Three patients developed asymptomatic cystocele or enterocele, and 5 (23%) women had a curtailed vagina.
(8) Addition of H-7 to DiC8- and OAG-treated oocytes stimulated the pump activity curtailed by the two latters.
(9) It is suggested that umDC genes can be curtailed in their mutagenic activities but that they may still participate in some other, unknown process which provides the continued stimulus for their retention.
(10) After treatment with PTH, the enzyme reached maximal concentrations between 12-48 h, but declined to undetectable levels by 96 h. In contrast, the inhibitory activity was secreted in a linear fashion, with the highest concentrations achieved around 72-96 h. These results suggest a complex pattern of regulation of collagenase and inhibitor secretion by the osteoblastic cell, with the steady accumulation of inhibitor perhaps being responsible for the ultimate curtailment of enzyme activity.
(11) The former would point to entering serious negotiations with Labour, but the latter would ultimately curtail his flexibility towards Miliband, especially in relation to austerity.
(12) Citing the razor-thin margin by which the NSA's bulk phone-records collection survived a vote last week in the House of Representatives , Wyden and Udall vowed to continue their push to curtail the programme.
(13) Internal doubts can be managed, but external criticism in the social-media age is not so easy to curtail.
(14) Talking to officials and politicians, it's clear that Madrid's freedom over setting its own budgets and policies has also been curtailed.
(15) If the Karzai government does not take steps towards reducing corruption and improving capacity for governing in the next six to 12 months, the US should substantially curtail some categories of aid and assistance.
(16) Furthermore, in the absence of added KL, it greatly diminishes the erythropoietin- and interleukin-3-dependent BFU-E growth in BM; whereas in FL, a wider spectrum of inhibition is observed, with CFU-Mix most severely curtailed.
(17) Abdominal paradox has been proposed as a valuable clinical index of fatigue and thus its presence may lead to curtailment of weaning trials.
(18) Although this study does not suggest a synergistic relationship between smoking and oral contraception, it shows that both the adrenal gland and sympathetic nervous system's responses will be lowered if nicotine is curtailed.
(19) Research on their potential should not be curtailed because of fear that they will be subject to illicit abuse.
(20) An awareness of TOH facilities appropriate diagnosis and treatment and curtails unnecessary diagnostic procedures.
Whittle
Definition:
(n.) A grayish, coarse double blanket worn by countrywomen, in the west of England, over the shoulders, like a cloak or shawl.
(n.) Same as Whittle shawl, below.
(n.) A knife; esp., a pocket, sheath, or clasp knife.
(v. t.) To pare or cut off the surface of with a small knife; to cut or shape, as a piece of wood held in the hand, with a clasp knife or pocketknife.
(v. t.) To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate.
(v. i.) To cut or shape a piece of wood with am small knife; to cut up a piece of wood with a knife.
Example Sentences:
(1) First, the main barriers to trade between the US and the EU are not traditional tariff barriers, which have been steadily whittled away in the decades since the second world war, but the differing regulatory regimes that operate on either side of the Atlantic.
(2) But playing with the filters means you can whittle the selection down by location and availability – handy, given there are several thousand dogs on offer in London alone.
(3) Photograph: Joe Whittle for the Guardian “It was needed,” says Phillip.
(4) The most onerous challenge for the Football Association in its search for a new England manager may no longer be whittling down a list of impressive coaches, but convincing the successful candidate that they will still have a career of note when it all falls apart.
(5) That number will be whittled down to 50 to 100 for each of 300 geographic regions identified by the company.
(6) With a commissioning strategy like this, the competitive pool is whittled down until there are only four companies in it: Serco, G4S, A4e and Capita.
(7) It started in the 1980s with constant attacks by a succession of Conservative ministers on "the permissive society" of the 1960s – the decade, its pop culture and all its associated freedoms – and has continued since then with a consistent whittling away of youth rights and privileges.
(8) How will the promised community-based system of healthcare survive, when this infrastructure of support is whittled away?
(9) For now, she said, they were concentrating on whittling down a cast of well over 300 people who had applied in the past week to run to be among the 30 Respect councillors the party will field in the local elections on 3 May.
(10) I hope more police officers will come and stand with us.” My own brother Larry Whittle, a Marine Corps veteran of the Gulf war and enrolled member of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma, also decided to show solidarity at Standing Rock.
(11) The subsequent rounds are due to follow on Thursday and the following Tuesday, by which point the parliamentary party should have whittled the choice down to the two candidates, though that could come earlier if one or more drops out early.
(12) The judges whittled down the 152 entries to six in an amicable fashion, Macfarlane said.
(13) Noel Gallagher is apparently “whittling down” more than 50 songs for a “seismic” new album, according to one of his long-time collaborators.
(14) Inside, there were articles entitled “Confused on currency?” and a centre spread giving readers “10 reasons why staying in the UK gives Scots the best of both world.” The back page was devoted to ‘sport’ with articles quoting both Sir Alex Ferguson and sprinter Brian Whittle voicing support for Scotland remaining part of the UK.
(15) He will be trying again.” Leadsom is seen as more likely than Gove to compete with home secretary May once the list of five has been whittled down to a final two.
(16) Photograph: ODFW Joe Whittle, a photographer who calls the region his home, told a story about how, long ago, wolves and berries used to go together.
(17) At the same time it was continuing to run the sales process and has reportedly whittled down a field of seven bidders to a four-strong shortlist.
(18) If the worst part of the task will be whittling his initial 30 choices down to 23 and informing the unlucky seven, ask him what he is most anticipating and Hodgson is unequivocal: "I am looking forward to that first victory and I hope it is the first game so we are off and running."
(19) The bloc has pledged to phase out subsidies for food-based energy crops, but a revised renewable energy directive released today only whittles down a cap on such biofuels from 7% in 2020 to 3.8% in 2030.
(20) 'Fostering to adopt' Whittle : "I have had foster carers come to me who have pleaded to adopt children who have been in their care for several years.