different between curb vs tether

English

Alternative forms

• kerb (British) (noun, and verb senses 3, 4 and 5 only)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?b/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??b/
• Rhymes: -??(?)b
• Homophone: kerb

Noun

curb (plural curbs)

1. (American spelling, Canadian spelling) A concrete margin along the edge of a road; a kerb (UK, Australia, New Zealand)
2. A raised margin along the edge of something, such as a well or the eye of a dome, as a strengthening.
3. Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
   • 1641, John Denham, The Sophy

     Even by these Men, Religion, that should be / The Curb, is made the Spur to Tyranny.
4. 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.
   • 1605, Michael Drayton, The Fourth Eclogue

     He that before ran in the pastures wild / Felt the stiff curb controul his angry jaws.

5. (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. 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.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

curb (third-person singular simple present curbs, present participle curbing, simple past and past participle curbed)

1. (transitive) To check, restrain or control.
   • 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon on the Vanity of the World

     Where pinching want must curb her warm desires.
2. (transitive) To rein in.
3. (transitive) To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.
4. (transitive, slang) Ellipsis of curb stomp.
5. (transitive) To bring to a stop beside a curb.
6. (transitive) To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
7. (transitive) To bend or curve.
   • 1603, Philemon Holland (translator), The Philosophie, commonly called, the Morals (originally by Plutarch)

     crooked and curbed lines

8. (intransitive) To crouch; to cringe.

Synonyms

• (check, restrain, control): behedge, curtail, limit; See also Thesaurus:curb
• (rein in):
• (furnish with a curb):
• (force to hit the curb): curb stomp
• (damage wheels on a curb):
• (bend or curve): bow, flex, incurvate; See also Thesaurus:bend
• (crouch or cringe): bend, fawn, stoop

Translations

Related terms

• curvaceous
• curvature
• curve
• curvy

Further reading

• curb in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• curb in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• curb at OneLook Dictionary Search

Romanian

Etymology

From French courbe.

Adjective

curb m or n (feminine singular curb?, masculine plural curbi, feminine and neuter plural curbe)

1. curve

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• tedder (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English tether, teder, from Old English *t?oder and/or Old Norse tjóðr ( > Danish tøjr); both from Proto-Germanic *teudr? (“rope; cord; shaft”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dewtro-, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to tie”), or from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Cognate with North German Tüder (“tether for binding the cattle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?ð?(r)/
• Rhymes: -?ð?(r)

Noun

tether (plural tethers)

1. a rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement
2. (nautical, sailing) a strong rope or line that connects a sailor's safety harness to the boat's jackstay
3. (by extension) the limit of one's abilities, resources etc.
4. (dialect) The cardinal number three in an old counting system used in Teesdale and Swaledale. (Variant of tethera)

Synonyms

• hobble (strap)

Derived terms

• at the end of one’s tether
• tetherless
• tetherless computing

Translations

Verb

tether (third-person singular simple present tethers, present participle tethering, simple past and past participle tethered)

1. to restrict something with a tether.
2. (Internet) to connect a cellular smartphone to another personal computer in order to give it access to a hotspot.
3. to connect something to something else. (clarification of this definition is needed)

Translations

Anagrams

• Threet