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# curb

«curb» in Mova's school dictionary: **to hold it back or keep it under control: curb your temper** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (curbs, curbed, curbing); noun (curbs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To curb something is to hold it back or keep it under control: curb your temper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curb/#m1)

2) A curb is the stone edge of a pavement by the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curb/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a character tries to curb a wild horse or their own tongue

### examples

- Try to curb your appetite at the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curb/#x1)
- The rider used the bit to curb the horse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curb/#x2)
- Stand back from the curb when the bus comes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curb/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «curb» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/curb/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.