Curb
[kɜːb] or [kɝb]
Definition
(noun.) an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter).
(noun.) a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse.
(verb.) keep to the curb; 'curb your dogs'.
Edited by Amber--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To bend or curve
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
(v. i.) To bend; to crouch; to cringe.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in.
(n.) A curbstone.
(n.) 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.
Typist: Sean
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Check, restraint, hinderance, bridle.[2]. Curb-stone.
v. a. Check, restrain, control, bridle, put under restraint, keep under.
Typist: Susan
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Restrain, cohibit, hold, repress, check, moderate
ANT:Indulge, liberate, release, emancipate, loose, urge, free, incite, instigate,impel
Typed by Chauncey
Definition
v.t. to bend to one's will: to subdue: to restrain or check: to furnish with or guide by a curb.—n. that which curbs: a check or hinderance: a chain or strap attached to the bit of a bridle for restraining the horse.—adjs. Curb′able; Curb′less.—ns. Curb′-roof a roof whose upper rafters have a less inclination than the lower ones; Curb′stone Kerb′stone a stone placed edgeways against earth or stone work to check it.
Typist: Miguel
Examples
- We met him at the door and walked out under the umbrella down the wet walk to the carriage at the curb. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Jessie, curb that tongue of yours, and repress your forwardness! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Amid the droning of the wind there had come the stamping of a horse's hoofs, and the long grind of a wheel as it rasped against the curb. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I freely forgive you, and I hope you'll curb your passions in future. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- As he spoke there was the sharp sound of horses' hoofs and grating wheels against the curb, followed by a sharp pull at the bell. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I paused, even awed by the agitation he evinced; Yes, he said at length, rising and biting his lip, as he strove to curb his passion; Such am I! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Led by a touch, and ruled by a word, under usual circumstances, no yoke could now be borne--no curb obeyed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Through the deep throng it could pass but slowly; the spirited horses fretted in their curbed ardour. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Yet not to excite fresh agitation in her, per non turbar quel bel viso sereno, I curbed my delight. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Am I always to be curbed and kept down? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But he curbed it, I think, as a resolute rider would curb a rearing steed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Forward was the device stamped upon his soul; but poverty curbed him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It cannot curb her; and she must be curbed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Inputed by Celia