Curb Definition
kûrb
curbing, curbs
noun
curbs
A type of bit having such a chain or strap.
Webster's New World
An enclosing framework.
Webster's New World
A chain or strap passed around a horse's lower jaw and attached to the bit: the curb checks the horse by causing it to lower its head when the reins are pulled.
Webster's New World
The stone or concrete edging forming a gutter along a street.
Webster's New World
Anything that checks, restrains, or subdues.
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verb
curbing, curbs
To restrain; check; control.
To curb an impulse.
Webster's New World
To prevent (a person or group) from doing something or acting in a certain way.
American Heritage
To lead (a dog being walked) to the curb or some other place where it may pass its waste matter.
Webster's New World
To provide with a curb.
Webster's New World
To rein in.
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Other Word Forms of Curb
Noun
Singular:
curb
Plural:
curbsOrigin of Curb
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Blend of Middle English curved piece of wood (from Old French corbe curved object) (from corbe curved) (from Latin curvus) Middle English corbe horse strap (from corben to bow down, halt) (from Old French corber to bow down) (from Latin curvāre) (from curvus curved, bent sker-2 in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle French courbe (“curve, curved object”), from Latin curvus (“bent, crooked, curved”).
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