Curb

v. restrain, check; keep near the curb

n. raised edge of a sidewalk; bridle for a horse; restraint

Curb may refer to:Curb (road), or kerb, the edge where a raised pavement/sidewalk/footpath, road median, or road shoulder meets an unraised street or other roadwayCurb Records, a record label started by Mike Curb in 1973Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO comedy showCurb (album), Nickelback's first full-length albumCurb bit, a type of bit used for riding horses Curb (horse), classically known as a sprain of the long plantar ligament in horses, but now more fully described as injury to one or a combination of soft tissue structures in this region.
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Curb 1. thickening of the plantar tarsal ligament in the hock of the horse. The ligament is obviously thickened a few inches below the point of the [more]Curb - Community and Resources

Noun
1. a stock exchange in New York
(synonym) American Stock Exchange, AMEX
(hypernym) stock exchange, stock market, securities market

Noun
1. an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
(synonym) curbing, kerb
(hypernym) edge
(part-meronym) curbstone, kerbstone
2. a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
(synonym) curb bit
(hypernym) bit
3. the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"
(synonym) bridle, check
(hypernym) restraint
(derivation) restrict, curtail, cut back
Verb
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"
(synonym) control, hold in, hold, contain, check, moderate
(hypernym) restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
(hyponym) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
(derivation) bridle, check
2. to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
(synonym) suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer
(hypernym) control, hold in, hold, contain, check, moderate
(hyponym) wink, blink, blink away
3. keep to the curb; "curb your dogs"
(hypernym) restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain
(derivation) curbing, kerb
4. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
(synonym) restrict, curtail, cut back
(hypernym) limit, circumscribe, confine
(hyponym) immobilize, immobilise
(derivation) bridle, check

(v. t.)
To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check.
  

(v. t.)
To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
  

(v. t.)
To bend or curve
  

(v. i.)
To bend; to crouch; to cringe.
  

(n.)
That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse.
  

(n.)
An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome.
  

(n.)
A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.
  

(n.)
A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in.
  

(n.)
A curbstone.