Curb
A curb (American English, Canadian English), or kerb (Australian English, British English, New Zealand English; see spelling differences), is the edge where a raised sidewalk (pavement in British English; pavement or footpath in Australian English) or road median/central reservation meets a street or other roadway.
Curb (noun)
A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK)
Curb (noun)
A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
Curb (noun)
Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
Curb (noun)
A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll via the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove via a curb chain.
Curb (noun)
A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with adjacent paved areas to permit vehicles to off-load or load passengers.
Curb (noun)
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.
Curb (verb)
To check, restrain or control.
Curb (verb)
To rein in.
Curb (verb)
To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
Curb (verb)
To force to “bite the curb” (hit the pavement curb); see curb stomp.
Curb (verb)
To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
Curb (verb)
To bend or curve.
Curb (verb)
To crouch; to cringe.
Kerb (noun)
The edge between the pavement and the roadway, consisting of a line of kerbstones.
Kerb (noun)
A stone ring built to enclose and sometimes revet the cairn or barrow built over a chamber tomb.
Kerb (verb)
To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb.
Curb (noun)
a check or restraint on something
“plans to introduce tougher curbs on insider dealing”
Curb (noun)
a type of bit with a strap or chain attached which passes under a horse’s lower jaw, used as a check.
Curb (noun)
variant spelling of kerb
Curb (noun)
a swelling on the back of a horse’s hock, caused by spraining a ligament.
Curb (verb)
restrain or keep in check
“she promised she would curb her temper”
Curb (verb)
restrain (a horse) by means of a curb
“both men were instinctively curbing their horses”
Curb (verb)
lead (a dog being walked) near the curb to urinate or defecate, in order to avoid soiling buildings, pavements, etc.
Kerb (noun)
a stone edging to a pavement or raised path.