Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

curb

UK /kɜːb/ · US /kɝb/ noun, verb

Also a form of kerb

Forms curbs curbing curbed kerb kirb

  1. noun A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand).
  2. noun A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
  3. noun (figurative) Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
  4. noun (equestrianism) A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll by means of the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove by means of a curb chain.
  5. noun (Canada, US) A sidewalk, covered or partially enclosed, bordering the airport terminal road system with adjacent paved areas to permit vehicles to off-load or load passengers.
  6. noun 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.
  7. verb (transitive) To check, restrain or control. “Curb your dog”
  8. verb (transitive) To rein in.
  9. verb (transitive) To furnish (a well etc.) with a curb; to restrain (a bank of earth, etc.) by a curb.
  10. verb (transitive) To bring to a stop beside a curb.
  11. verb (transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
  12. verb (transitive) To bend or curve.
  13. verb (intransitive) To crouch; to cringe.

Synonyms

curb bit behedge curtail limit bow flex incurvate bend courb curl curve crook fawn stoop guard govern smother bind chasten choke back curbing kerb American Stock Exchange AMEX bridle check control hold in hold contain

Antonyms

encourage incite promote provoke release thrill vent

Etymology

From Middle French courbe (“curve, curved object”), from Latin curvus (“bent, crooked, curved”). Doublet of curve.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To bend or curve [Obs.]
  2. verb 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.
  3. verb To bend; to crouch; to cringe. [Obs.]
  4. noun That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindbrance; 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.

Etymology [F. courber to bend, curve, L.curvare, fr. curvus bent, curved; cf. Gr. Curve.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “curb”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “curb” (best matches first).