to hold in check, to curb, to restrain
(construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box (abbreviated Ctrl).
Influence or authority over something.
A control group or control experiment.
A checkpoint along an audax route.
A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
To check, restrain or control.
To rein in.
To bend or curve.
To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
To crouch; to cringe.
To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
To bring to a stop beside a curb.
Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
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.
A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand)
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 via the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove via a curb chain.
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.
A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.