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- Dictionarycurb/kərb/
noun
- 1. a stone or concrete edging to a street or path. North American
- 2. a check or restraint on something: "curbs on the powers of labor unions"
verb
- 1. restrain or keep in check: "she promised she would curb her temper"
- 2. lead (a dog being walked) near the curb to urinate or defecate, in order to avoid soiling buildings, sidewalks, etc. US
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to control or limit something that is not wanted: The government should act to curb tax evasion. Fewer examples. He is someone who finds it difficult to curb his fleshly desires. You really need to curb your spending. The police are trying to curb under-age drinking. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
- English (US)
to control or limit something that is not wanted: The...
- Znaczenie Curbed, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
CURBED definicja: 1. past simple and past participle of curb...
- Curd
CURD definition: 1. the solid substance that forms when milk...
- Curbside
CURBSIDE definition: 1. US spelling of kerbside 2. the area...
- Curcumin
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- Curb Appeal
CURB APPEAL definition: 1. US spelling of kerb appeal 2. If...
- English (US)
up against or on a sidewalk or at the edge of a roadway: It happens daily: a discharged passenger steps out to cross the street directly in front of a curbed bus and into the path of moving traffic. I had to zigzag my way past the curbed furniture of a newly evicted family.
The meaning of CURB is an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter. How to use curb in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Curb.
to control or limit something that is not wanted: The government should act to curb tax evasion. Fewer examples. He is someone who finds it difficult to curb his fleshly desires. You really need to curb your spending. The police are trying to curb under-age drinking. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. curb. noun [ C ]
to control or limit something that is not wanted: The government should act to curb tax evasion. Fewer examples. He is someone who finds it difficult to curb his fleshly desires. You really need to curb your spending. The police are trying to curb under-age drinking. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
curb. (kûrb) n. 1. A concrete border or row of joined stones forming part of a gutter along the edge of a street. 2. An enclosing framework, such as that around a skylight. 3. A raised margin along an edge used to confine or strengthen.
noun. an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) synonyms: curbing, kerb. see more. verb.
