curb
/kɝb/ verb C2- To check, restrain or control. · Curb your dog
- To rein in.
- To furnish (a well etc.) with a curb; to restrain (a bank of earth, etc.) by a curb.
- To bring to a stop beside a curb.
- To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
- To bend or curve.
- To crouch; to cringe.
He/she/it curbs · Past curbed · Past participle curbed · -ing form curbing
Verb forms
- Base form
- curb
- He/she/it
- curbs
- Past
- curbed
- Past participle
- curbed
- -ing form
- curbing
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“The very first thing which I observed on arriving there was that a cab had made two ruts with its wheels close to the curb.
At the bottom of the smooth plaster wall there was a brick pulled out to make a sluice for the bath water, and as Rikki-tikki stole in by the masonry curb where the bath is put, he heard Nag and Nagaina whispering together outside in the moonlight.
You will find a small brougham waiting close to the curb, driven by a fellow with a heavy black cloak tipped at the collar with red.
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