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curber
English
Etymology
From curb +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k??b?/
Noun
curber (plural curbers)
- Someone or something which curbs.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 282:
- they required him as a safeguard against the demon and a curber of other people's crimes.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 282:
- (historical slang) A type of thief who used a ‘curb’ or hooked pole to steal things through open windows.
- 1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society 2006, p. 33:
- Night was the natural time for the curber’s activities and striking up an acquaitance with a serving maid was an invaluable way of getting a window left open or learning the exact layout of the rooms in the house.
- 1977, Gãmini Salgãdo, The Elizabethan Underworld, Folio Society 2006, p. 33:
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curer
English
Etymology
cure +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kj????/, /?kj????/
- (General American) enPR: kyo?or??r, kyûr??r, IPA(key): /?kj???/, /?kj??/
- Rhymes: -????(?), -????(?), -????(?)
- Hyphenation: cur?er
Noun
curer (plural curers)
- A healer.
- A person who, or device which preserves food by curing.
Translations
Anagrams
- recur
French
Etymology
From Old French curer, borrowed from Latin c?r?re, present active infinitive of c?r?.
Verb
curer
- (transitive) to clean by scrubbing, scraping and removing (e.g. a drain, a pipe, a canal, a stable, ...)
- (reflexive) to clean oneself by scrubbing, scraping and removing (e.g. one's nails, teeth, ...)
- Se curer le nez. - To pick one's nose.
- (rare) (transitive) to clear out (to make empty, to remove)
Conjugation
Derived terms
- cure-dent
Related terms
- cure
Further reading
- “curer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
c?rer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of c?r?
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin c?r?, c?r?re.
Verb
curer
- to clean
- (medicine) to treat (an illness, a symptom, etc.), to care (for), to heal
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Descendants
- English: cure
- French: curer
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