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1. An edge between a pavement and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
   - curb [US], kerb [Brit]

1. Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
   - control, hold in, hold, contain, check, moderate
    
2. To put down by force or authority
   - suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer
    
3. Keep to the curb
   "curb your dogs"
    
4. Place restrictions on
   - restrict, curtail, cut back

Derived forms: curbings

Type of: circumscribe, confine, constrain, cumber [archaic], edge, encumber, hold back, keep, keep back, limit, restrain

Encyclopedia: Curb