curb
verb/kɜːb/
/kɜːrb/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they curb | /kɜːb/ /kɜːrb/ |
| he / she / it curbs | /kɜːbz/ /kɜːrbz/ |
| past simple curbed | /kɜːbd/ /kɜːrbd/ |
| past participle curbed | /kɜːbd/ /kɜːrbd/ |
| -ing form curbing | /ˈkɜːbɪŋ/ /ˈkɜːrbɪŋ/ |
- curb something to control or limit something, especially something bad synonym check
- He needs to learn to curb his temper.
- a new law designed to curb harmful emissions from factories
Extra Examples- This legislation will drastically curb the power of local authorities.
- a range of policies aimed at curbing inflation
- New measures should curb the speed of cars travelling through the village.
- She has to curb her natural exuberance.
- They were criticized for failing to curb public spending.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- drastically
- attempt to
- try to
- be designed to
- …
- aimed at curbing something
- an attempt to curb something
- an effort to curb something
- …
Word Originlate 15th cent. (denoting a strap fastened to the bit): from Old French courber ‘bend, bow’, from Latin curvare ‘to bend’, from curvus ‘bent’.
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