Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to curb
Participle: curbed
Gerund: curbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | curb |
| you | curb |
| he;she;it | curbs |
| we | curb |
| you | curb |
| they | curb |
Perfect
| I | have curbed |
| you | have curbed |
| he;she;it | has curbed |
| we | have curbed |
| you | have curbed |
| they | have curbed |
Past
| I | curbed |
| you | curbed |
| he;she;it | curbed |
| we | curbed |
| you | curbed |
| they | curbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had curbed |
| you | had curbed |
| he;she;it | had curbed |
| we | had curbed |
| you | had curbed |
| they | had curbed |
Future
| I | will curb |
| you | will curb |
| he;she;it | will curb |
| we | will curb |
| you | will curb |
| they | will curb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have curbed |
| you | will have curbed |
| he;she;it | will have curbed |
| we | will have curbed |
| you | will have curbed |
| they | will have curbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | curb |
| you | curb |
| he;she;it | curb |
| we | curb |
| you | curb |
| they | curb |
Perfect
| I | have curbed |
| you | have curbed |
| he;she;it | have curbed |
| we | have curbed |
| you | have curbed |
| they | have curbed |
Imperfect
| I | curbed |
| you | curbed |
| he;she;it | curbed |
| we | curbed |
| you | curbed |
| they | curbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had curbed |
| you | had curbed |
| he;she;it | had curbed |
| we | had curbed |
| you | had curbed |
| they | had curbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would curb |
| you | would curb |
| he;she;it | would curb |
| we | would curb |
| you | would curb |
| they | would curb |
Perfect
| I | would have curbed |
| you | would have curbed |
| he;she;it | would have curbed |
| we | would have curbed |
| you | would have curbed |
| they | would have curbed |
Imperative
| you | curb |
| we | Let's curb |
| you | curb |
Verbs conjugated like 'curb'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'curb'
courb,
cub,
curd,
cure,
curl,
curr,
curt,
arb,
barb,
blurb,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- restrain; withhold; check
- stay
- limit
- curtail
- limit by restraint
- contain
- bend or curve
- bend
- control or keep in check
- restrain
- restrict or diminish
- straiten
- straiten; restrict; constrain; limit
- behedge
- to keep under control
- behedge, bind, chasten, check, contain, cork, curtail, dampen, hamshackle, limit, repress, restrain, restrict, shackle, stay, stifle, stop, straiten, suppress, throttle, withhold, withstrain
- to cause something to change its shape into a curve
- bend, bow, courb, crook, curl, curve, flex, incurvate
- check
- restrict, bridle, retard, slacken, impede, stay, control, subdue
Antonyms
- to keep under control
- encourage, promote, provoke, release, vent
- check
- hasten, expedite, advance, hurry
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle French courbe (“curve, curved object”), from Latin curvus (“bent, crooked, curved”). Doublet of curve.
Sample Sentences
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Curb your dog
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Where pinching want must curb her warm desires. [1718, Mat[thew] Prior, “Solomon on the Vanity of the World. A Poem in Three Books.”, in Poems on Several Occasions, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], and John Barber […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):]
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But the village's growth was curbed by the cliffs that restricted onward exploration for visitors, while goods such as coal and lime, which had arrived by water, were being transported up the severe incline to the town of Lynton by horse and cart. [2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 53:]
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As had become her habit, Jane rove past her destination and curbed the car on a side street a block and a half away. [2017, Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner, page 34:]
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[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. [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:]
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Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg, / Yea, curb and woo for leave to do him good. [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]:]