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Synonyms for curb
kɜrb
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Princeton's WordNet
curb, curbing, kerb(noun)
an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
curb, curb bit(noun)
a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
American Stock Exchange, AMEX, Curb(noun)
a stock exchange in New York
bridle, check, curb(verb)
the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess
"his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"
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impediment, baulk, cheque, stay, confirmation, bridle, tick, hitch, curb bit, chip, handicap, assay, stoppage, balk, check, check-out procedure, kerb, bank check, tab, chit, curbing, halt, deterrent, check mark, hinderance, hindrance, substantiation, stop, arrest, verification, checkoutcontrol, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate(verb)
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"
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crack, ensure, mark, hold in, jibe, verify, gibe, mince, make, declare, lead, tick off, view as, carry, book, operate, concur, have, maintain, master, hold, moderate, sustain, learn, checker, check out, match, stamp down, conquer, retain, stop, nurse, defy, condition, assure, tame, cut back, guard, prevail, manipulate, comprise, break, suss out, check off, withstand, adjudge, suppress, accommodate, check up on, control, look into, ascertain, harbour, insure, soften, go over, reserve, check, hold back, give, take hold, train, go for, see, conceal, take, deem, incorporate, support, find out, obtain, discipline, apply, chasten, check over, restrict, bind, tone down, have got, entertain, subdue, temper, correspond, command, restrain, keep, concord, keep back, oblige, fit, throw, keep in line, arrest, check into, tally, enclose, contain, bear, inhibit, determine, hold up, retard, take for, turn back, harbor, chequer, delay, watch, defend, see to it, confine, chair, admit, curtail, tick, halt, obligate, agree, mark offsuppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb(verb)
to put down by force or authority
"suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
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chasten, capture, get over, master, crush, conquer, moderate, quash, keep down, surmount, restrict, suppress, bottle up, crucify, subjugate, reduce, control, stamp down, hold, seize, subordinate, tame, mortify, hold in, curtail, appropriate, contain, oppress, inhibit, cut back, overcome, subdue, repress, checkcurb(verb)
keep to the curb
"curb your dogs"
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restrict, curtail, subdue, conquer, moderate, inhibit, check, hold in, cut back, contain, stamp down, control, suppress, holdrestrict, curtail, curb, cut back(verb)
place restrictions on
"curtail drinking in school"
Synonyms:
suppress, bring down, qualify, conquer, moderate, throttle, trim down, flash back, prune, inhibit, cut, trammel, trim back, lop, trim, cut down, reduce, control, subdue, stamp down, hold, cut short, confine, restrain, restrict, clip, hold in, curtail, contain, bound, limit, cut back, snip, crop, dress, check
English Synonyms and Antonyms
curb
Govern carries the idea of authoritative administration or some exercise of authority that is at once effective and continuous; control is effective, but may be momentary or occasional. One controls what he holds or can hold at will absolutely in check; as, a skilful horseman controls a spirited horse; a person controls his temper; we say to one who is excited, "control yourself." A person commands another when he has, or claims, the right to make that other do his will, with power of inflicting penalty if not obeyed; he controls another whom he can effectually prevent from doing anything contrary to his will; he governs one whom he actually does cause, regularly or constantly, to obey his will; a parent may command a child whom he can not govern or control. The best teachers are not greatly prone to command, but govern or control their pupils largely by other means. Command is, however, often used in the sense of securing, as well as requiring, submission or obedience, as when we speak of a commanding influence; a man commands the situation when he can shape events as he pleases; a fortress commands the region when no enemy can pass against its resistance. Govern implies the exercise of knowledge and judgment as well as power. To rule is more absolute and autocratic than to govern; to sway is to move by quiet but effectual influence; to mold is not only to influence feeling and action, but to shape character; to manage is to secure by skilful contrivance the doing of one's will by those whom one can not directly control; a wise mother, by gentle means, sways the feelings and molds the lives of her children; to be able to manage servants is an important element of good housekeeping. The word reign, once so absolute, now simply denotes that one holds the official station of sovereign in a monarchy, with or without effective power; the Queen of England reigns; the Czar of Russia both reigns and rules.
Synonyms:
command, control, direct, govern, influence, manage, mold, reign, reign over, restrain, rule, swayAntonyms:
be in subjection, be subject, comply, obey, submit, yield
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Dictionary of English Synonymes
curb(n.)
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CHECK, restraint, hinderance, bridlecurb(n.)
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curb-stonecurb(v. a.)
Synonyms:
check, restrain, control, bridle, put under restraint, keep under
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How to use curb in a sentence?
Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner:
If there is no pan-European solution, then more and more member states will come up with measures to curb the flow of migrants, and that can't be the solution.
I think if there is a way to make these letters effective it may be one tool in the arsenal to curb the high rate of opioid deaths.
We absolutely need to curb the radicalized behavior, I think any reasonable person agrees that is not healthy, the question is how we actually enforce that to scale, and I think that's the challenge every platform is struggling with right now.
The improving comparable sales are encouraging. The story for the back half of 2014 is about improving product flow and we're beginning to see it, that said, margins remain under intense pressure and new supply chain delays may curb some of the recent momentum.
The government was right to act to curb speculation. It's just that these measures have now coincided with a weakening global economy.
Translations for curb
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- спирачка, слагам юзда, обуздаване, обуздавам, юздаBulgarian
- hemmen, Mäßigung, Zwang, Beschränkung, beherrschen, bändigen, Kandare, einschränken, mäßigen, Beherrschung, Einschränkung, zurückhalten, ZurückhaltungGerman
- bordilloSpanish
- restreindre, endiguerFrench
- srianScottish Gaelic
- नियंत्रणHindi
- frenare, tenere a frenoItalian
- intomen, beteugelenDutch
- укрощать, сдерживатьRussian
- கட்டுப்படுத்துTamil
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