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curb
/kɜːb/
noun
A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand)
A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
verb
To check, restrain or control.
""Curb your dog.""
To rein in.
To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
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