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curbing

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. 1.To check, restrain or control.
  2. 2.To rein in.
  3. 3.To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
  4. 4.To force to "bite the curb" (hit the pavement curb); see curb stomp.
  5. 5.To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.

noun

  1. 1.A row of curbstones; the material used to construct such a curb
  2. 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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