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

kerb in german

Dictionary:
german
Translations:
bordsteinkante, bordstein, steinrand

kerb in french

Dictionary:
french
Translations:
bordure

kerb in russian

Dictionary:
russian
Translations:
бровка, бордюр, обочина

kerb in czech

Dictionary:
czech
Translations:
obrubník

kerb in polish

Dictionary:
polish
Translations:
krawężnik

kerb in hungarian

Dictionary:
hungarian
Translations:
járdaszegély

kerb in ukrainian

Dictionary:
ukrainian
Translations:
керамічний, гончарний

kerb in croatian

Dictionary:
croatian
Translations:
ivičnjak

kerb in slovak

Dictionary:
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.
verb
  • restrain or keep in check. - she promised she would curb her temper

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