Antonyms for curb
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : kurb |
| Phonetic Transcription : kÉœrb |
Definition of curb
Origin :- late 15c., "strap passing under the jaw of a horse" (used to restrain the animal), from Old French courbe (12c.) "curb on a horse," from Latin curvus, from curvare "to bend" (see curve (v.)). Meaning "enclosed framework" is from 1510s, probably originally with a notion of "curved;" extended to margins of garden beds 1731; to "margin of stone between a sidewalk and road" 1791 (sometimes spelled kerb). Figurative sense of "a check, a restraint" is from 1610s.
- noun restraining device; check
- verb repress, restrict
- Obeying a quick impulse, Percival stepped to the curb as she came opposite to him.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Yet what can I say, for all men know that your valor needs the curb and not the spur.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- The cobblestones had gone, and from curb to curb stretched smooth asphalt.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- And if I were denied the power, I must, as I now do, curb my inclination.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The Tuttle person now approached his cabman, who had waited beside the curb.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- To this the preacher of morals replies that "man should curb his passions."
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- On either side of the wall the curb formed a large semicircle.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- A carriage had drawn up at the curb and the driver was unloading a trunk from the rack.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- His head had struck against the curb, and he had been picked up insensible.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
Synonyms for curb
- abstain
- barrier
- bit
- border
- bottle up
- box in
- brake
- bridle
- bring to screeching halt
- chain
- check
- clog
- constrain
- contain
- control
- cook
- cool down
- cool off
- deny
- deterrent
- edge
- entrammel
- fetter
- hamper
- harness
- hinder
- hindrance
- hobble
- hog-tie
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- ice
- impede
- inhibit
- keep lid on
- keep tight rein on
- leash
- ledge
- limitation
- lip
- manacle
- moderate
- muzzle
- refrain
- rein
- rein in
- restrain
- restrainer
- restraint
- restriction
- retard
- rim
- scrub
- send up
- shackle
- subdue
- suppress
- tame
- tie
- tie up
- withhold
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