Crossword-Solution: CURB
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Curb | v. t. | To bend or curve |
| Curb | v. t. | 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. |
| Curb | v. t. | To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth. |
| Curb | v. i. | To bend; to crouch; to cringe. |
| Curb | n. | That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse. |
| Curb | n. | An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome. |
| Curb | n. | A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in. |
| Curb | n. | A curbstone. |
| Curb | n. | A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAREE
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greedy person
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Sentences with CURB (5)
Part on the Plain, or in the Air sublime Upon the wing, or in swift race contend, As at th’ Olympian Games or _Pythian_ fields; Part curb thir fierie Steeds, or shun the Goal With rapid wheels, or fronted Brigads form.
Platonic bodies; cube, rhomboid; tetrahedron, pentahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, eicosahedron; prism, pyramid; parallelopiped; curb roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof.
There is a vestige of decency, a sense of shame, that does much to curb and check those outbreaks of atrocious cruelty so commonly enacted upon the plantation.
Growth has been uneven because of natural disasters (e.g., a major earthquake in 1987), fluctuations in global oil prices, and government policies designed to curb inflation.
Boy, lead me home, that he may vent his spleen On younger men, and learn to curb his tongue With gentler manners than his present mood.
Quotes with CURB (3)
You don't need a search warrant to go through someone's trash. Seriously. Once it hits the curb it is totally fair game-you an look it up.
I comfort myself with the reflection that your wife will possibly be able to curb your desire--I admit, a natural one for the most part--to exterminate your fellows.
I felt tears prick my eyes as I looked down at the model again, looking at that girl and boy on the curb. Forever in that place, together.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 176 times in crossword archives (1943–2025).