curbed

[kurbd]

adjective

1. stopped, restrained, or slowed.

   Possible side effects include a curbed appetite and noticeable weight loss.

   She decided to pursue a long-curbed passion for acting, and has since appeared in a film or two.

2. having a raised edge or rim, as at the edge of a roadway.

   There is no overnight parking on any curbed street all year long.

   These shower stalls facilitate easy entrance for those unable to enter a bathtub shower or curbed shower stall with ease.

3. up against or on a sidewalk or at the edge of a roadway.

   It happens daily: a discharged passenger steps out to cross the street directly in front of a curbed bus and into the path of moving traffic.

   I had to zigzag my way past the curbed furniture of a newly evicted family.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of curb.

Other Word Forms

• uncurbed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of curbed¹

curb ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Khawaja Asif, the defence minister, said of the resignations "their conscience has awakened because their monopoly on the Supreme Court has been curbed and Parliament has tried to prove the supremacy of the Constitution".

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But emissions have grown much less quickly over the past decade as renewables have taken off, providing hope that the world's warming trend can still be curbed.

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Republicans also curbed a common practice by which attorneys inflated medical costs for injuries caused by car accidents.

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Since assuming the presidency in 2023, Milei has successfully shocked the economy through austerity measures that have turned a fiscal deficit into a surplus, curbed inflation, and raised gross domestic product.

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The group said inventories have normalised in the United States after an effort last year to cut stocks at US dealerships temporarily curbed production.

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