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Curb Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Curb?
[n] the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"
[n] a stock exchange in New York [n] an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) [n] a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse [v] place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" [v] to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" [v] keep to the curb; "curb your dogs" [v] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Curb: American Stock Exchange | AMEX | bridle | check | check | conquer | contain | control | curb bit | curtail | cut back | hold | hold in | inhibit | kerb | moderate | restrict | stamp down | subdue | suppress Related Terms | Find terms related to Curb: abstain | American Stock Exchange | Amex | arrest | arrestation | asphalt | back band | backpedal | backstrap | backwater | bearing rein | bellyband | bit | bitumen | bituminous macadam | blacktop | blinders | blinds | board | border stone | bottle up | bourse | brake | breeching | brick | bridle | caparison | cavesson | cement | chain | check | checkrein | cheekpiece | chinband | chock | cinch | clip the wings | clog | cobble | cobblestone | collar | commodity exchange | concrete | constrain | constraint | contain | control | cool | cool off | cooling | cooling down | cooling off | corn pit | countercheck | crownband | crupper | curb bit | curb exchange | curb market | curbing | curbstone | curtail | curtailment | dam up | damp | dampen | damper | decelerate | deceleration | delay | detain | dompt | doorstop | drag | drag sail | draw rein | drift anchor | drift sail | drogue | ease off | ease up | edgestone | enjoin | entrammel | exchange | exchange floor | fetter | flag | flagging | flagstone | gag swivel | girth | govern | gravel | guard | hackamore | halter | hames | hametugs | hamper | harness | headgear | headstall | hinder | hindrance | hip straps | hobble | hog-tie | hold | hold at bay | hold back | hold down | hold fast | hold in | hold in check | hold in leash | hold up | holdback | impede | inhibit | inhibition | injunction | intercept | interdict | interfere | intermeddle | interrupt | intervene | jaquima | jerk line | keep | keep back | keep from | keep in | keep in check | keep under control | kerb | kerbstone | lay under restraint | leash | legal restraint | let down | let up | lines | lose ground | lose momentum | lose speed | macadam | manacle | martingale | meddle | moderate | monopoly | noseband | obstruct | oppose | outside market | over-the-counter market | pavement | pavestone | paving | paving stone | pelham | pit | pole strap | prohibit | prohibition | protection | protectionism | protective tariff | pull | pull in | quotation board | rationing | reef | refrain | rein | rein in | reins | relax | remora | repress | resist | restrain | restraint | restraint of trade | retard | retardation | retrench | retrenchment | ribbons | road metal | saddle | scotch | sea anchor | self-control | set back | shackle | shaft tug | side check | slack off | slack up | slacken | slow | slow down | slow up | slowing down | snaffle | snub | spoke | stay | stock exchange | stock market | stock ticker | stone | stop | straiten | subdue | suppress | surcingle | tack | tackle | take in sail | tariff wall | Tarmac | tarmacadam | Tarvia | telephone market | the Big Board | the Exchange | third market | thought control | throttle down | ticker | ticker tape | tie | tie up | tile | trammel | trappings | tug | Wall Street | washboard | wheat pit | winker braces | withhold | yoke See Also | abnegate | bate | bit | blink | blink away | bound | burke | catch | check | choke back | choke down | choke off | circumscribe | confine | confine | conquer | constrain | contain | control | counteract | countercheck | cricify | cumber | curb | curb | curbstone | damp | dampen | deny | edge | encumber | hold | hold back | hold in | hush | hush up | immobilise | immobilize | inhibit | keep | keep back | kerbstone | limit | limit | moderate | mortify | muffle | quell | quench | quieten | repress | restrain | restrain | restraint | restrict | securities market | shut up | silence | smother | squelch | stamp down | stifle | still | stock exchange | stock market | strangle | subdue | suppress | thermostat | throttle | train | trammel | wink Curb In Webster's Dictionary \Curb\ (k?rb), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curbed} (k?rbd); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Curbing}.] [F. courber to bend, curve, L. curvare,
fr. curvus bent, curved; cf. Gr. ?????? curved. Cf. {Curve}.]
1. To bend or curve [Obs.]
Crooked and curbed lines. --Holland.
2. 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.
Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed.
--Milton.
Where pinching want must curbthy warm desires.
--Prior.
3. To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a
curb, as a bank of earth.
\Curb\, v. i. To bend; to crouch; to cringe. [Obs.] Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg, Yea, curb and woo for leave to do him good. --Shak. \Curb\, n. 1. 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. He that before ran in the pastures wild Felt the stiff curb control his angry jaws. --Drayton. By these men, religion,that should be The curb, is made the spur of tyranny. --Denham. 2. (Arch.) 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. 3. A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in. 4. A curbstone. 5. (Far.) 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. --James Law. {Curb bit}, a stiff bit having branches by which a leverage is obtained upon the jaws of horse. --Knight. {Curb pins} (Horology), the pins on the regulator which restrain the hairspring. {Curb plate} (Arch.), a plate serving the purpose of a curb. {Deck curb}. See under {Deck}. |
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