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

A lot of companies stopped picking up the tab for country-club memberships and curbed “gross up” payments, which make perks even sweeter by covering the taxes that accompany them.

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In sum, by the time the New Deal was done in 1945, the Roosevelt administration had brought high-flying U.S. capitalism down to earth, with regulations that curbed speculative excess, while preventing spectacular crashes.

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From then on, he curbed his aggressive instincts to support Gill, but could not resist one straight flay off Bashir for six.

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Even if streaming has curbed the amount of offerings available in retail stores, online avenues are wide open.

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However, a slump in sales has curbed the company's ability to command full price for its products.

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