Synonyms of the word curbing


CURBINGCURB - EDGE - KERB

curbing

  • v. present participle of curb.
  • n. A row of curbstones; the material used to construct such a curb.
  • n. The damage caused to a wheel or tire by curbing (running the wheel or tire into or over a curb).

curb

  • n. (Canada, US) A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK).
  • n. A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
  • n. Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
  • n. A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by…
  • n. (Canada, US) A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with…
  • n. A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint,…
  • v. (transitive) To check, restrain or control.
  • v. (transitive) To rein in.
  • v. (transitive) To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
  • v. (transitive) To force to "bite the curb" (hit the pavement curb); see curb stomp.
  • v. (transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
  • v. (transitive) To bend or curve.
  • v. (intransitive) To crouch; to cringe.

edge

  • n. The boundary line of a surface.
  • n. (geometry) A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices…
  • n. An advantage.
  • n. (also figuratively) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword,…
  • n. A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
  • n. Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
  • n. The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time).
  • n. (cricket) A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
  • n. (graph theory) A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
  • n. In male masturbation, a level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of…
  • v. (transitive) To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
  • v. (intransitive) To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
  • v. (usually in the form 'just edge') To win by a small margin.
  • v. (cricket, transitive) To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
  • v. (transitive) To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric…
  • v. (transitive) To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
  • v. To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
  • v. (figuratively) To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
  • v. (intransitive) To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.

kerb

  • n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) The edge between the pavement and the roadway, consisting of a line…
  • v. (Britain, transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb.

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