To curb is to stop something from happening. When the police curb the rioting, they are preventing it from getting worse.
The company curbed its growth in order to stay afloat.
The government tried to curb the inflation by raising the prices of goods.
verb
To check, restrain or control.
verb
To rein in.
verb
To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
verb
To force to "bite the curb" (hit the pavement curb); see curb stomp.
verb
To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
verb
To bend or curve.
verb
To crouch; to cringe.
adjective
Restrained
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The two began arguing at the curb.
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The policy was to curb the high demand for cigarettes.
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The smock was across the flats at the base, and at the curb.
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The tower is diameter at the base and diameter at the curb.
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The curb chain is attached to the rings at the end of the cheek.
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The mill is diameter at the base and to the curb, and high overall.
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It may have a salutary effect to curb this kind of behaviour.
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She sits resignedly on a curb at the mortuary's car park.
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Curbing the pain may delay vomiting, and prolong the headache.
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He curbed the offensive style of the team and reinforced the defensive.