Synonym: check, control, pavement, restrain, stop. Similar words: suburb, urban, disturb, suburban, turbine, disturbing, perturbation, incur. Meaning: [kɜːb] n. 1. an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) 2. a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse 3. a stock exchange in New York 4. the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess. v. 1. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits 2. to put down by force or authority 3. keep to the curb 4. place restrictions on.
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91 We have to put a curb on spending.
92 Macro - control ability to curb price rises?
93 Put a curb on your temper.
94 Third, overdrafts social wealth, social effectively curb demand.
95 Please pull over to the curb.
96 Professor Benton said a low GL breakfast helped curb obesity by discouraging snacking.
97 Especially cash-strapped developers are forced to borrow from the domestic curb market at annual interest rates as high as 40%.
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98 Establish long term mechanisms to cleanse and curb indecent information.
99 With diplomacy failing to curb the ambitions and programmes of the trio of North Korea, Pakistan and Iran, it is going to be hard to dissuade the aspirants to the nuclear club.
100 The federal position limits pursued by CFTC may just curb noncommercial traders from having such big holdings in energy.
101 Louis: Curb service. The Telegraph Tower in all its splendor.
102 The effect of enhanced regulations and trading rules to curb market manipulation is empirically evident.
103 Dr. J. David Curb, one of the researchers, said the new grant is the first to look specifically at genes that affect life span.
104 That the terrain to which his auditors are released is dauntingly featureless did not curb Emerson's own delight in solitary freedom.
105 In a study in 2009, participants either took a placebo or the drug naltrexone -- known to curb addictive tendencies toward alcohol, drugs and gambling.
106 Located in remote multifarious the curb. Small door curtain and delicate ambry stage.
107 Quiet, roomy cabin and adeptness overshadowed by cumbersome curb weight, soft suspenders, and a tacky dash.
108 The implement of peak and valley time sharing electricity price is the important measure to curb loading curve, promote load rate and reasonably distribute installed capacity.
109 Standing at the curB was a dark - complexioned young man.
110 The conference set out a roadmap for negotiations on access and benefit sharing (ABS) of genetic resources to help curb biopiracy.
111 The meeting came a day after a House of Representatives bill to curb credit card fees and limit penalties cleared a key panel.
112 In part one of this series you kicked your digital SLR camera's auto mode to the curb with the help of program mode.
113 Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and other Republican senators have warned that they will not approve a treaty that would curb a planned U.S. missile defense system for Europe.
114 This behavior is evident on a much smaller scale as well; when a teenager goes to the mall to watch a movie but comes back with an iPod, then the prefrontal cortex didn't curb the impulse buy.
115 Such measures include implementing the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, such as raising taxes on tobacco, banning tobacco advertising and legislating to curb smoking in public places.
116 To curb and decrease the fluctuation of and the impact on economic growth, through the institution of regulatory mechanisms such as automatic stabilizer, f...
117 He curbed it, I think, as a resolute rider would curb a rearing steed.
118 In order to curb the rising housing prices, in 2010, the mortgage policy was adjusted to the tight side. The change of policy and its impact on real estate market is worth analyzing and discussing.
119 The enemy withdrew; The limo pulled away from the curb.
120 In 1979 China began to adopt a fishing permit system to curb reckless fishing, and in 1987 the country began to control fishing boats' horsepower.
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