verb, noun
verb [VN] to control or limit sth, especially sth bad
SYNCHECK:
He needs to learn to curb his temper. * A range of policies have been introduced aimed at curbing inflation.
Part of speech: noun
1 ~ (on sth) something that controls and puts limits on sth:
curbs on government spending
2 (AmE) = KERB
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for curb is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is curb a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, curb is tagged as noun.
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