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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Curb \Curb\ (k?rb), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curbed} (k?rbd); p. pr & vb n. {Curbing}.] [F. courber to bend, curve, L. curvare, fr curvus bent, curved; cf Gr ?????? curved. Cf {Curve}.] 1. To bend or curve [Obs.] Crooked and curbed lines. --Holland. 2. To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check. Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed. --Milton. Where pinching want must curbthy warm desires. --Prior. 3. To furnish wich a curb, as a well also to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: curbed adj : held back from some action especially by force [syn: {checked}]
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