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noun | verb curbcurb1 /kɚb/ ●○○ noun [countable] THESAURUSoutside part► edge the part of an object or an area that is farthest from its center: Don’t put your glass so close to the edge of the table. My uncle’s house is on the edge of town near the freeway. ► side the part of an object or area that is near an edge: He pushed the cauliflower to the side of his plate. ► border the official line around a country, state, or area that separates it from other areas: We crossed the border into Mexico at Nogales. ► boundary the line that marks the edge of a surface, space, or area of land inside a country: The Mississippi River forms a natural boundary between Tennessee and Arkansas. ► perimeter the border around an enclosed area or a shape: Security guards patrol the perimeter of the camp night and day. ► outskirts the areas of a city that are furthest away from the center: They built the airport on the outskirts of the city. ► rim the outside edge of something deep or something with high sides, such as a cup or a canyon (=deep valley with very steep sides): There was lipstick on the rim of the cup. ► margin the empty space at either side of a printed page: I wrote some notes in the margins of the page. ► hem the edge of a piece of cloth that is folded and sewn, especially the lower edge of a skirt, pair of pants, etc.: The hem of her dress was coming loose. ► curb the raised edge of a street: If the curb is painted red, you can’t park next to it. 1the edge of a street, between where people can walk and cars can drive: A car was parked at the curb.► see thesaurus at edge12something that helps to control or limit something: curb on calls for a tighter curb on immigration noun | verb curbcurb2 ●○○ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYcurb2Origin: 1400-1500 French courbe curve, curved piece of wood or metal, from Latin curvus VERB TABLEcurb |
| Present | I, you, we, they | curb | | he, she, it | curbs | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | curbed | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have curbed | | he, she, it | has curbed | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had curbed | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will curb | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have curbed |
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| Present | I | am curbing | | he, she, it | is curbing | | you, we, they | are curbing | | Past | I, he, she, it | was curbing | | you, we, they | were curbing | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been curbing | | he, she, it | has been curbing | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been curbing | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be curbing | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been curbing |
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