1. An edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
   "The city installed new curbing along Main Street";
   - curb [US], kerb [Brit]

1. Lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
   "curb your anger";
   - control, hold in, hold, contain, check, moderate
    
2. Place restrictions on
   "curb drinking in school";
   - restrict, curtail, cut back
    
3. Keep to the curb
   "curb your dogs"

Derived forms: curbings

See also: cut

Type of: circumscribe, confine to, edge, hold back, keep, keep back, limit, restrain

Encyclopedia: Curbing