CURB
\kˈɜːb], \kˈɜːb], \k_ˈɜː_b]\
Definitions of CURB
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
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lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
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a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
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keep to the curb; "curb your dogs"
By Princeton University
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to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
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lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
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a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
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keep to the curb; "curb your dogs"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To bend or curve
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To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check.
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To bend; to crouch; to cringe.
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That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse.
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An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome.
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A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in.
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A curbstone.
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A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.
By Oddity Software
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A curbstone.
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To subject, control, as with reins and curb.
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A chain or strap to add power to a bit; also, a bit so arranged; restraint; control.
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The framework around the top of a well.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To restrain; keep in subjection; furnish with a check rein, as a horse, or an inclosing border, as a sidewalk.
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That which checks, restrains, or subdues; a part of a horse's bridle; an inclosing border of stone, as along a roadway or street.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To bend to one's will: to subdue: to restrain or check: to furnish with or guide by a curb.
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That which curbs: a check or hindrance: a chain or strap attached to the bit of a bridle for restraining the horse.
By Daniel Lyons
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Bit and chain of a bridle; anything that restrains; wall round a well.
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To subdue; restrain; control by a curb.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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