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From Middle French courbe ‎(curve, curved object), from Latin curvus ‎(bent, crooked, curved).



curb ‎(plural curbs)

  1. (Canada, US) A row of concrete along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK)
  2. A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
  3. Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
    • Denham
      By these men, religion, that should be / The curb, is made the spur of tyranny.
  4. A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll via the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove via a curb chain.
    • Drayton
      He that before ran in the pastures wild / Felt the stiff curb control his angry jaws.
  5. (Canada, US) A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with an adjacent paved areas to permit vehicles to off-load or load passengers.

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curb ‎(third-person singular simple present curbs, present participle curbing, simple past and past participle curbed)

  1. (transitive) To check, restrain or control.
    • "Curb your dog."
    • Prior
      Where pinching want must curb thy warm desires.
  2. (transitive) To rein in.
  3. (transitive) To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
  4. (transitive) To force to "bite the curb" (hit the pavement curb); see curb stomp.
  5. (transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
  6. (transitive) To bend or curve.
    • Holland
      crooked and curbed lines
  7. (intransitive) To crouch; to cringe.
    • Shakespeare
      Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg, / Yea, curb and woo for leave to do him good.


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