All curb synonyms
curb
C c verb curb
- control β Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
- hinder β to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- inhibit β to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
- suppress β to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- tame β changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear.
- impede β to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
- contain β If something such as a box, bag, room, or place contains things, those things are inside it.
- restrain β to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- constrain β To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- hamper β to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- hold down β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- clog β When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
- fetter β a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
- subdue β to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
- cook β When you cook a meal, you prepare food for eating by heating it.
- abstain β If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- check β Check is also a noun.
- muzzle β the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
- manacle β a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- leash β a chain, strap, etc., for controlling or leading a dog or other animal; lead.
- ice β the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- shackle β a ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.; fetter.
- tie β to bind, fasten, or attach with a cord, string, or the like, drawn together and knotted: to tie a tin can on a dog's tail.
- moderate β kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- scrub β to rub hard with a brush, cloth, etc., or against a rough surface in washing.
- retard β to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
- refrain β to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
- bridle β A bridle is a set of straps that is put around a horse's head and mouth so that the person riding or driving the horse can control it.
- hobble β to walk lamely; limp.
- bit β A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
- hog-tie β If someone hog-ties an animal or a person, they tie their legs together, or they tie their arms and legs together.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- withhold β to hold back; restrain or check.
- bottle up β If you bottle up strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry.
- hold back β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- tie up β that with which anything is tied.
- cool down β If someone cools down or if you cool them down, they become less angry than they were.
- cool off β If someone or something cools off, or if you cool them off, they become cooler after having been hot.
- hold in β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- rein in β control, restrain
- send up β an entertaining or humorous burlesque or parody; takeoff: The best skit in the revue was a send-up of TV game shows.
- limit β the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
- curtail β If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.
- cut back β If you cut back something such as expenditure or cut back on it, you reduce it.
- repress β to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
- restrict β to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- cheque β A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
noun curb
- restriction β something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
- restraint β a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.
- barrier β A barrier is something such as a rule, law, or policy that makes it difficult or impossible for something to happen or be achieved.