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"ref": "1603, Plutarch, “The Third Booke of Philosophers Opinions. Chap. V. Of the Rainbow.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 828:",
"text": "[B]y crooked and curbed lines, wee looke within the water; for our eie ſight doth bend and turne againe perforce, by reason that the matter of the water is more thicke; which is the cauſe, that we ſee the mariners oare in the ſea a farre off, as it were crooked.",
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"ref": "2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 53:",
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"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To check, restrain or control."
],
"links": [
[
"check",
"check"
],
[
"restrain",
"restrain"
],
[
"control",
"control"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To check, restrain or control."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "behedge"
},
{
"word": "curtail"
},
{
"word": "limit"
},
{
"word": "curb"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To rein in."
],
"links": [
[
"rein in",
"rein in"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To rein in."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth."
],
"links": [
[
"furnish",
"furnish"
],
[
"well",
"well"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "curb stomp"
}
],
"categories": [
"English ellipses",
"English slang",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"Ellipsis of curb stomp."
],
"links": [
[
"curb stomp",
"curb stomp#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, slang) Ellipsis of curb stomp."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"ellipsis",
"slang",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 34:",
"text": "As had become her habit, Jane rove past her destination and curbed the car on a side street a block and a half away.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To bring to a stop beside a curb."
],
"links": [
[
"stop",
"stop"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To bring to a stop beside a curb."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb."
],
"links": [
[
"damage",
"damage"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1603, Plutarch, “The Third Booke of Philosophers Opinions. Chap. V. Of the Rainbow.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 828:",
"text": "[B]y crooked and curbed lines, wee looke within the water; for our eie ſight doth bend and turne againe perforce, by reason that the matter of the water is more thicke; which is the cauſe, that we ſee the mariners oare in the ſea a farre off, as it were crooked.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To bend or curve."
],
"links": [
[
"bend",
"bend"
],
[
"curve",
"curve"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To bend or curve."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bow"
},
{
"word": "flex"
},
{
"word": "incurvate"
},
{
"word": "bend"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:",
"text": "Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg, / Yea, curb and woo for leave to do him good.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To crouch; to cringe."
],
"links": [
[
"crouch",
"crouch"
],
[
"cringe",
"cringe"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To crouch; to cringe."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bend"
},
{
"word": "fawn"
},
{
"word": "stoop"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
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"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kɝb/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɜːb/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)b"
},
{
"homophone": "kerb"
},
{
"homophone": "kirb"
},
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],
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{
"english": "and verb senses 3, 4 and 5 only",
"tags": [
"British",
"noun"
],
"word": "kerb"
},
{
"word": "kirb"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"word": "behedge"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "bind"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"word": "chasten"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"word": "check"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"word": "contain"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "cork"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"word": "curb"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"word": "curtail"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"word": "dampen"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "hamshackle"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"word": "limit"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"word": "repress"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"word": "restrain"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"word": "restrict"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "shackle"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"word": "stay"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"word": "stifle"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"word": "stop"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"word": "straiten"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"word": "suppress"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "throttle"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"word": "withhold"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:curb",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "withstrain"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obuzdavam",
"sense": "to check, restrain, control",
"word": "обуздавам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to check, restrain, control",
"word": "pitää kurissa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to check, restrain, control",
"word": "hillitä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to check, restrain, control",
"word": "pitää aisoissa"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "erúkō",
"sense": "to check, restrain, control",
"word": "ἐρύκω"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to check, restrain, control",
"word": "reprimō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to check, restrain, control",
"word": "compescō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to check, restrain, control",
"word": "refrēnō"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obuzdatʹ",
"sense": "to check, restrain, control",
"word": "обуздать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sderžatʹ",
"sense": "to check, restrain, control",
"word": "сдержать"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to furnish with a curb",
"word": "reunustaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to force to \"bite the curb\"",
"word": "ajaa reunakiveykseen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb",
"word": "ajaa reunakiveykseen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bend or curve",
"word": "taivuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to crouch; cringe",
"word": "taivuttaa"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"curb"
],
"word": "curb"
}
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