curb
To check, restrain or controlTo check, restrain or control.
» Tom sat on the curb.
Том сидів на бровці тротуара.
Meaning
7 senses(US, transitive)To check, restrain or control.
Curb your dog
обуздатьobuzdatʹ, сдержатьsderžatʹ
(US, transitive)To rein in.
(US, transitive)To furnish (a well etc.) with a curb; to restrain (a bank of earth, etc.) by a curb.
(US, transitive)To bring to a stop beside a curb.
keep to the curb
(US, transitive)To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
(US, transitive)To bend or curve.
(US, intransitive)To crouch; to cringe.
Examples
47 sentencesTom sat on the curb.
Том сидів на бровці тротуара.
Pull up to the curb.
Зупинися біля узбіччя.
ruПрижмись к обочине.
I sat on the curb.
A man wearing a red hat and a blue shirt is sitting on the curb next to a tree.
Try not to hit the curb.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle French courbe (“curve, curved object”), from Latin curvus (“bent, crooked, curFrom Middle French courbe (“curve, curved object”), from Latin curvus (“bent, crooked, curved”). Doublet of curve.
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Forms
curbs, curbing, curbed, curbedSynonyms
52 synonymsAntonyms
7 antonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle