Word: kerb
Category: kerb
Autos & Vehicles, Business & Industrial, Home & Garden
Related words: kerb
kwik kerb, kerb curb, kerb weight, kerb cycle
Synonyms: kerb
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
Translations: kerb
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german
Translations:
bordsteinkante, bordstein, steinrand
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french
Translations:
bordure
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russian
Translations:
бровка, бордюр, обочина
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czech
Translations:
obrubník
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polish
Translations:
krawężnik
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hungarian
Translations:
járdaszegély
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ukrainian
Translations:
керамічний, гончарний
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croatian
Translations:
ivičnjak
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slovak
Translations:
robení, obrubník
The meaning and "use of": kerb
noun
- a stone or concrete edging to a street or path. - She had to sit on the hard concrete curb in order to collect herself.
- a check or restraint on something. - curbs on the powers of labor unions
- a type of bit that is widely used in western riding. In English riding it is usually only used with a snaffle as part of a double bridle. - Too often I see people with track horses, who they are afraid of, sticking a big curb bit in their mouth.
- restrain or keep in check. - she promised she would curb her temper
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