kuṟai (p. 132) க்கிறேன், த்தேன், ப்பேன், க்க, v. a. To lessen, shorten, curtail, contract, deduct, சுருக்க. 2. To reduce one's circumstances, power, authority, &c., to cut off, crop; to cut or hew down, to fell, குறுக்க, தறிக்க. 3. To destroy, அழிக்க. குறைத்துக்கொடுக்க, inf. To reduce payment, to pay less than the expected or stipulated sum. 2. To supply insufficiently--as food, &c. குறைத்துப்பரிமாற, inf. To provide or distribute food, &c. on a reduced scale. குறைத்துப்போட, inf. To diminish, curtail. குறைத்துவர, inf. To continue to decrease. வயிற்றைக்குறைக்க, inf. To live abstemiously, either to save money or from necessity. 2. To diminish the supplies of dependents, &c. 49)
