Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Alternative spelling of curb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, alt-of, alternative
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verb
To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, transitive
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verb
To take a dog to the kerb for the purpose of evacuating their bowels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: curb, curbing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: edge
History
From curb (“raised border or frame”) [from mid-17th c.]. Doublet of curve.
