Crossword-Solution: CURBED
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Curbed | imp. & p. p. | of Curb |
We have 54 clues for the answer “CURBED”
| Clue | Answers |
|---|---|
| Walked a dog responsibly | 1 answer |
| Reined in, as one's enthusiasm | 1 answer |
| Reined in | 1 answer |
| Put under restraint | 1 answer |
| Cut way back on | 1 answer |
| Kept in check, as enthusiasm | 1 answer |
| Held on a leash | 1 answer |
| held back or restrained or prevented | 3 answers |
| Bridled | 3 answers |
| Kept in check | 4 answers |
| Tamed | 5 answers |
| Held back | 21 answers |
| compassed | 30 answers |
| Encased | 31 answers |
| moderate capacity | 31 answers |
| circumscribed | 32 answers |
| in jail | 32 answers |
| in bondage | 32 answers |
| immured | 32 answers |
| Detained | 33 answers |
| Pent (up) | 33 answers |
| interred | 33 answers |
| hampered | 34 answers |
| Locked in | 34 answers |
| penned in | 35 answers |
| enslaved | 35 answers |
| laid-up | 35 answers |
| fettered | 36 answers |
| curbed | 36 answers |
| BEHIND bars | 36 answers |
| Hemmed in | 36 answers |
| bounded | 37 answers |
| Laid up | 38 answers |
| hostage | 38 answers |
| imprisoned | 39 answers |
| caged | 40 answers |
| Encircled | 41 answers |
| Prisoner | 42 answers |
| Captive | 43 answers |
| shut in | 44 answers |
| Held | 44 answers |
| finite | 46 answers |
| Checked | 46 answers |
| Locked (up) | 47 answers |
| incarcerated | 47 answers |
| Restricted ___ | 51 answers |
| Enclosed | 52 answers |
| jailed | 52 answers |
| Unwilling | 53 answers |
| Indisposed | 58 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETRAE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CURBED (5)
Beneath the watchful eyes of Tarzan and Mugambi, however, Sheeta and the apes of Akut curbed their desires, so that the men worked about the deck amongst them in far greater security than they imagined.
They are fellows, moreover, who will spend the gains of a month on a night’s debauch, for fear that the morrow will rob them of life and the chance of spending; and, moreover, it is their one point of honour to be curbed in no desire by an ordinary fear of consequences.
But he curbed him and spurred him, until he stood Still in his place, like a horse of wood, With nostrils uplift, and eyes wide and wan; But the sweat in streams from his fetlocks ran.
But having made up her mind to lose the two lodgers, the Frau Professor could not resist the satisfaction of giving rein to the ill-temper she had curbed so long.
Formerly, the length of time required to effect the seizure curbed the usurer's avidity, gave the borrower an opportunity to recover himself, and gave rise to a transaction between him and his creditor which might result finally in a complete release.
Quotes with CURBED (3)
Condemning war has not curbed armed conflict. Religion and education did not eliminate war. Warfare did not terminate more wars. Armed combat simply breeds endless wars.
Nature to all things fixed the limits fit And wisely curbed proud man's pretending wit. As on the land while here the ocean gains. In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains Thus in the soul while memory prevails, The solid power of understanding fails Where beams of warm imagination play, The memory's soft figures melt away One science only will one genius fit, So vast is art, so narrow human wit Not only bounded to peculiar arts, But oft in those confined to single parts Li…
An appetite for knowledge is apt to rush one off one's feet, like any other appetite if not curbed. I often stand in the in the centre of the Library here and think despairingly how impossible it is ever to become possessed of all the wealth of facts and ideas contained in the books surrounding me on every hand.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 14 times in crossword archives (1971–2024).