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to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"

lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"

a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse

keep to the curb; "curb your dogs"

to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"

lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"

a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse

keep to the curb; "curb your dogs"

To bend or curve

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.

To bend; to crouch; to cringe.

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.

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.

A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in.

A curbstone.

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.

A curbstone.

To subject, control, as with reins and curb.

A chain or strap to add power to a bit; also, a bit so arranged; restraint; control.

The framework around the top of a well.

To restrain; keep in subjection; furnish with a check rein, as a horse, or an inclosing border, as a sidewalk.

That which checks, restrains, or subdues; a part of a horse's bridle; an inclosing border of stone, as along a roadway or street.

To bend to one's will: to subdue: to restrain or check: to furnish with or guide by a curb.

That which curbs: a check or hindrance: a chain or strap attached to the bit of a bridle for restraining the horse.

Bit and chain of a bridle; anything that restrains; wall round a well.

To subdue; restrain; control by a curb.

n. A check or hindrance;—a chain or strap attached to the bit of a bridle;—a wall designed to buttress a mass of earth.

A curb is an iron chain, made fast to the upper part of the branches of the bridle, running over the beard of the horse; restraint, inhibition, opposition.