Restrain vs Carb - What's the difference?
restrain | carb |
To control or keep in check.
To deprive of liberty.
To restrict or limit.
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, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
(informal, usually, in the plural)
(informal)
As a verb restrain
is to control or keep in check.As a noun carb is
(informal|usually|in the plural).restrain
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Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}
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* * * * * * English transitive verbscarb
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Noun
(en noun)- I'm cutting down on carbs to try and lose weight.
- This is what controls the flow of fuel into the carb .