To crouch; to cringe.
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 damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
To check, restrain or control.
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.
To daub or smear.
to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
To cook in a close dish.
To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
To be suffocated.
to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
To prevent the development of an opponent's attack by one's arm positioning.
Cookware used in such cooking.
Smoldering; slow combustion.
The act of smothering a kick (see verb section).