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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. interrupt before its natural or planned end;
- Example: "We had to cut short our vacation"
[syn: cut short, break short, break off]

2. cause to end earlier than intended;
- Example: "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short"

3. make shorter as if by cutting off;
- Example: "truncate a word"
- Example: "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"
[syn: truncate, cut short]

4. terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent;
- Example: "My speech was cut short"
- Example: "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
[syn: clip, curtail, cut short]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cut short
    v 1: interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut
         short our vacation" [syn: cut short, break short,
         break off]
    2: cause to end earlier than intended; "The spontaneous applause
       cut the singer short"
    3: make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word";
       "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains" [syn:
       truncate, cut short]
    4: terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or
       its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom
       is curtailed in many countries" [syn: clip, curtail, cut
       short]