curb

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymscontrolhold inholdcontaincheckmoderate

   Broaderrestrain

   Narrowersuppressdampmortifydenytraincatchbatethermostatcountercheck
2. 2.

   keep to the curb

   “curb your dogs”

   Broaderrestrain
3. 3.

   place restrictions on

   “curtail drinking in school”

   Synonymsrestrictcurtailcut back

   Broaderlimit

   Narrowerabridgeimmobilizerationrestrict

Other forms of curb

plural

curbs·

past tense

curbed·

present participle

curbing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about curb

What does curb mean?

curb means "an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in curb?

curb has 1 syllable: curb. In IPA it is /ˈkɝb/.

What is another word for curb?

Close synonyms include curbing, kerb, curb bit, American Stock Exchange, AMEX. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is curb a common word?

curb is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with curb?

1 word rhymes with curb. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.