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Rarecurbing
The correct spelling is curbing.
How to pronounce curbing
verb
Say it like: Cur-bin-g
The correct spelling is curbing. To check, restrain or control. For example: ""Curb your dog.""
Usage Examples
“"Curb your dog."”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To check, restrain or control.
- 2.To rein in.
- 3.To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
- 4.To force to "bite the curb" (hit the pavement curb); see curb stomp.
- 5.To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
noun
- 1.A row of curbstones; the material used to construct such a curb
- 2.The damage caused to a wheel or tire by curbing (running the wheel or tire into or over a curb).
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