Nouns (17)
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curb, curb market
n. a market for the sale of unlisted securities
curb, curb bit
n. a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse
bridle, check, curb
n. the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"
American Stock Exchange, AMEX, Curb
n. a stock exchange in New York
curb, curbing, kerb
n. an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
Curb, AMEX, American Stock Exchange, New York Curb Exchange
n. the second largest American stock exchange
Verbs (18)
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curb
v. keep to the curb; "curb your dogs"
restrict, curtail, curb, cut back
v. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
v. to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
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Fuzzynyms (114)
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control
n. the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable"
constraint
n. the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others
decrease, lessen, minify
v. make smaller; "He decreased his staff"
sum up, summarize, summarise, resume
v. give a summary (of); "he summed up his results"; "I will now summarize"
diminish, belittle
v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"
cut
v. shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of; "cut my hair"
end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
v. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
break
v. interrupt the flow of current in; "break a circuit"
ground
v. confine or restrict to the ground; "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot"
control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
v. lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
qualify, restrict
v. make more specific; "qualify these remarks"
bridle
v. put a bridle on; "bridle horses"
narrow, contract
v. make or become more narrow or restricted; "The selection was narrowed"; "The road narrowed"
regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern
v. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
modify
v. make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
adjust, adapt, get accustomed
v. adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
change, alter, modify
v. cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
change, alter, vary
v. become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season"
straiten
v. squeeze together
muzzle
v. fit with a muzzle; "muzzle the dog to prevent it from biting strangers"
smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
v. conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
decide, make up one's mind, determine
v. reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
define
v. give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"
demarcate
v. separate clearly, as if by boundaries
intend, destine, designate, specify
v. design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"
think of, have in mind, mean
v. intend to refer to; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!"
qualify, characterize, characterise
v. describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover"
ground
v. confine or restrict to the ground; "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot"
restrict, curtail, curb, cut back
v. place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
qualify, restrict
v. make more specific; "qualify these remarks"
suppress
v. reduce the incidence or severity of or stop; "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
v. put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
restrain, keep, keep back, hold back
v. keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise
v. cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation"
calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
v. make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
muzzle
v. fit with a muzzle; "muzzle the dog to prevent it from biting strangers"
whitewash, gloss over, sleek over, hush up
v. cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"; "She tried to gloss over her mistakes"
rope, leash
v. fasten with a rope; "rope the bag securely"
hide, conceal
v. prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money"
inhibit
v. limit, block, or decrease the action or function of; "inhibit the action of the enzyme"; "inhibit the rate of a chemical reaction"
bridle
v. put a bridle on; "bridle horses"
stay, remain, rest
v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"
Synonyms (4)
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kerb market, kerbstone market
n. (in Britain) a market for the sale of unlisted securities
rationalize, rationalise
v. remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized"
Antonyms (3)
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expand
v. make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity; "expand the house by adding another wing"
stimulate, excite
v. stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
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