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kerb

noun
/kɝb/US/kɜːb/UK

Etymology

From curb (“raised border or frame”) [from mid-17th c.]. Doublet of curve.

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of curb.

  2. To damage vehicle wheels or tyres by running into or over a pavement kerb.

  3. To take a dog to the kerb for the purpose of evacuating.

    • I was fidgeting a bit, because three dogs were sniffing at my ankles in an interested fashion. They were going out to be kerbed[.]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at kerb. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at kerb. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at kerb

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA