WORD: CURB
MEANING:
1. something that restrains or holds back
2. any enclosing framework, such as a wall of stones around the top of a well
3. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège)
a. Also called: curb bit a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap, which checks the horse
b. Also called: curb chain the chain or strap itself
4. (Veterinary Science) a hard swelling on the leg of a horse, below the point of the hock, usually caused by a sprain
5. control, limit
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Curbing food prices is Modi government's priority, says Pranab Mukherjee
2. Modi's farm export curbs may ease India's June inflation
3. Curbs on smoking will not impoverish tobacco farmers, Harsh Vardhan says
4. Facebook, Twitter, and Google are still failing to curb hate speech, EU says
PRONOUNCE:
curb - कर्ब
LINK: CURB
MEANING:
1. something that restrains or holds back
2. any enclosing framework, such as a wall of stones around the top of a well
3. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège)
a. Also called: curb bit a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap, which checks the horse
b. Also called: curb chain the chain or strap itself
4. (Veterinary Science) a hard swelling on the leg of a horse, below the point of the hock, usually caused by a sprain
5. control, limit
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Curbing food prices is Modi government's priority, says Pranab Mukherjee
2. Modi's farm export curbs may ease India's June inflation
3. Curbs on smoking will not impoverish tobacco farmers, Harsh Vardhan says
4. Facebook, Twitter, and Google are still failing to curb hate speech, EU says
PRONOUNCE:
curb - कर्ब
LINK: CURB
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