transcription, транскрипция: [ kɜ:(r)b ]
( curbs, curbing, curbed)
1.
If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
...advertisements aimed at curbing the spread of Aids...
Inflation needs to be curbed in Russia.
= check, restrain
VERB : V n , be V-ed
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Curb is also a noun.
He called for much stricter curbs on immigration.
N-COUNT : oft N on n
2.
If you curb an emotion or your behaviour, you keep it under control.
He curbed his temper...
= check, restrain
VERB : V n
3.
see kerb