a curb is a form of:
Curb
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- (FIGURATIVE) គ្រឿងទប់, ទប់, បង្ក្រាប
▪ put a (curb) on one's appetite ការទប់, សង្កត់
noun
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- ~ (on something) (something that restrains, a raised edge of a paved, street or other surface; something which holds back, checks, or restrains; a chain or strap on a bit, used to control a horse) ខ្សែនាឡិកាសំប៉ែត, បង្ហៀរ, គ្រឿងទប់, ហ្វ្រាំង (ប្រដាប់សម្រាប់ទប់បញ្ឈប់ម៉ាស៊ីន)
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- (បច្ចេកទេស) ការទប់រារាំងទប់
verb — past tense: curbed ; past participle: curbed ; present participle: curbing ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (To restrain, to confine) ទប់ដោយហ្វ្រាំង
Example: To curb one's temper, Cars are parked a long the curb, Her parents should put a curb on her wild spending.curb a horse ពាក់ខ្សែទ្រចង្កា, curb one's desires ទប់
Example: It required stern measures to curb waste of the state's natural resources.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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- That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse.
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- An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome.
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- A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in.
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- A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.
verb — past tense: curbed ; past participle: curbed ; present participle: curbing ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) To bend or curve
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- (TRANSITIVE) To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
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- (INTRANSITIVE) To bend; to crouch; to cringe.
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- block, bridle, check, constrain, delay, halt, hinder, hold, back, impede, limit, repress, restrain, retard, stay, stem, stop, suppress
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- aid, encourage
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- A curbstone