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Curbing
- verb - an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter)
- keep to the curb; "curb your dogs"
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "
- place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school"
- to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
Curling
- verb - a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target
- form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
- of hair having curls
- play the Scottish game of curling
- shape one's body into a curl; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in"
- twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"
- wind around something in coils or loops
Cursing
- verb - exclude from a church or a religious community; "The gay priest was excommunicated when he married his partner"
- heap obscenities upon; "The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger"
- utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
- wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"
Curving
- verb -
- bend or cause to bend; "He crooked his index finger"; "the road curved sharply"
- form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"
- form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"
- having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend; "the curved tusks of a walrus"; "his curved lips suggested a smile but his eyes were hard"
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the right"
Cushing
- noun - United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939)
Cussing
- verb - utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
Cutling
- - The art of making edged tools or cutlery.
Cutting
- verb - (of speech) harsh or hurtful in tone or character; "cutting remarks"; "edged satire"; "a stinging comment"
- a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting
- a piece cut off from the main part of something
- allow incision or separation; "This bread cuts easily"
- an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine; "he searched through piles of letters and clippings"
- be able to manage or manage successfully; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch; "Turn off the stereo, please"; "cut the engine"; "turn out the lights"
- cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation"
- create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"
- cut and assemble the components of; "edit film"; "cut recording tape"
- cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your
Cycling
- verb - cause to go through a recurring sequence; "cycle the laundry in this washing program"
- pass through a cycle; "This machine automatically cycles"
- recur in repeating sequences
- ride a bicycle
- ride a motorcycle
- the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle
Cymling
- noun - squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white