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# kerb

«kerb» in Mova's school dictionary: **the raised edge of a pavement (sidewalk) where it meets…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a kerb, kerbs) — British spelling; American: curb

### meaning for a pupil

1) The kerb is the raised edge of a pavement (sidewalk) where it meets the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kerb/#m1)

2) In American English it is spelled curb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kerb/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In road safety lessons in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, the Green Cross Code says: find a safe place, stop at the kerb, look and listen both ways, and cross when it is clear; never step off the kerb without looking. Cars park along the kerb. Wheelchair users need dropped kerbs (low kerbs) to cross. Phrases: stop at the kerb, step off the kerb, dropped kerb, kerbside.

### examples

- Stop at the kerb and look both ways. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kerb/#x1)
- Don't step off the kerb without checking for cars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kerb/#x2)
- The car parked next to the kerb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kerb/#x3)
- She tripped on the kerb and grazed her knee. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kerb/#x4)
- Wheelchairs need dropped kerbs to cross the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kerb/#x5)
- Wait on the kerb until the green man shows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kerb/#x6)
- The bins go out to the kerb on Monday nights. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kerb/#x7)
- Stand well back from the kerb when buses pass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kerb/#x8)

### note

British/Irish/Australian spelling: kerb; American and Canadian: curb (which also means «to control or limit», like curb your anger). A sidewalk (US) is called a pavement or footpath elsewhere.

### In the corpora

- [Before crossing you stop at the kerb, look both ways and listen for traffic.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/41-crossing-the-road/8/)
- [On a wet day walk away from the kerb, because cars splash and wet roads make it harder for cars to stop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/13/)
- [Kieran split his chin on the kerb and needed four stitches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/21/)
- [A Station Road boy shoved Maddie so hard she fell on the kerb and split her lip.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/383-street-gangs-and-loyalty/9/)
- [A split lip or a fall on a kerb can need a doctor, and head injuries can be serious.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/383-street-gangs-and-loyalty/21/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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