CURB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Curb mean? 

• CURB (noun)
  The noun CURB has 4 senses:

1. an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)

2. a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse

3. a stock exchange in New York

4. the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess

  Familiarity information: CURB used as a noun is uncommon.

• CURB (verb)
  The verb CURB has 3 senses:

1. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

2. keep to the curb

3. place restrictions on

  Familiarity information: CURB used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CURB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

curb; curbing; kerb

Hypernyms ("curb" is a kind of...):

edge (a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object)

Meronyms (parts of "curb"):

curbstone; kerbstone (a paving stone forming part of a curb)

Derivation:

curb (keep to the curb)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

curb; curb bit

Hypernyms ("curb" is a kind of...):

bit (piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A stock exchange in New York

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

American Stock Exchange; AMEX; Curb

Instance hypernyms:

securities market; stock exchange; stock market (an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The act of restraining power or action or limiting excess

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

bridle; check; curb

Context example:

his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper

Hypernyms ("curb" is a kind of...):

restraint (the act of controlling by restraining someone or something)

Derivation:

curb (place restrictions on)

curb (lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits)

• CURB (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they curb    ... he / she / it curbs   
Past simple: curbed   
Past participle: curbed   
-ing form: curbing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

check; contain; control; curb; hold; hold in; moderate

Context example:

control your anger

Hypernyms (to "curb" is one way to...):

hold back; keep; keep back; restrain (prevent the action or expression of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "curb"):

conquer; stamp down; subdue; suppress (bring under control by force or authority)

damp (restrain or discourage)

crucify; mortify; subdue (hold within limits and control)

abnegate; deny (deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure)

train (cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it)

catch (check oneself during an action)

bate (moderate or restrain; lessen the force of)

thermostat (control the temperature with a thermostat)

counteract; countercheck (oppose or check by a counteraction)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

curb (the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Keep to the curb

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

curb your dogs

Hypernyms (to "curb" is one way to...):

cumber; encumber; restrain (restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

curb (an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Place restrictions on

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

curb; curtail; cut back; restrict

Context example:

curtail drinking in school

Hypernyms (to "curb" is one way to...):

circumscribe; confine to; limit (restrict or confine within limits)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "curb"):

abridge (lessen, diminish, or curtail)

immobilise; immobilize (cause to be unable to move)

ration (restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war)

control; restrict (place under restrictions; limit access to by law)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

curb (the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess)

 Context examples 

Yet I should ill do my part towards your father if I did not teach you to curb your tongue-play.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The study also suggests that too much salt in the diet is not a widespread global problem, though some populations which consume very high levels of salt would likely benefit from curbing salt.

(Study Shows Average Consumption of Salt Good for Heart Health, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

He curbed the impulse, arising out of his sea-training, to say "Yes, sir," and "No, sir," to her brothers.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A new study shows that deaths that result from extreme weather in Europe could increase 50 times by the end of the century if the effects of global warming are not curbed.

(Study: Climate Change Will Bring 50-Fold Rise in Europe Weather-related Deaths, VOA News)

If emissions were curbed tomorrow, this sudden shallow horizon would still appear, even if possibly delayed.

(Marine organisms in Southern Ocean will face shallower zone for life, National Science Foundation)

The bread, which curbs the appetite more than traditional breads, is designed to reduce food consumption between meals and thereby control energy intake.

(Researchers reveal potential of bread that suppresses appetite, University of Granada)

More than 600,000 Danes are being treated with cholesterol lowering medicine. 98 per cent of them are treated with statins, which curb the body's own production of cholesterol so that the level of cholesterol falls.

(Discovery Can Pave the Way for More Effective Cholesterol Medicine, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Treatment consists of antibiotics to halt the infection, as well as interventions to curb the systemic inflammatory response and restore normal blood pressure.

(New study sheds fresh light on the genetic mechanisms involved in sepsis, the leading cause of death in ICUs, University of Granada)

We had spent gigantic sums and made enormous exertions to curb the power of Napoleon and to prevent him from becoming the universal despot of Europe.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But he curbed it, I think, as a resolute rider would curb a rearing steed.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)