Definition of Stub

1. Noun. A short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost.

Generic synonyms: Plant Part, Plant Structure

2. Verb. Pull up (weeds) by their roots.
Generic synonyms: Deracinate, Extirpate, Root Out, Uproot

3. Noun. A small piece. "A stub of a pencil"
Exact synonyms: Nub
Specialized synonyms: Nubbin
Generic synonyms: Part, Piece

4. Verb. Extinguish by crushing. "Stub out your cigarette now"
Generic synonyms: Blow Out, Extinguish, Quench, Snuff Out

5. Noun. A torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt.
Exact synonyms: Ticket Stub
Generic synonyms: Receipt
Specialized synonyms: Rain Check

6. Verb. Clear of weeds by uprooting them. "Stub a field"
Generic synonyms: Weed

7. Noun. The part of a check that is retained as a record.
Exact synonyms: Check Stub, Counterfoil
Generic synonyms: Record

8. Verb. Strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object. "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken"
Generic synonyms: Collide With, Hit, Impinge On, Run Into, Strike

9. Noun. The small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking).
Exact synonyms: Butt
Specialized synonyms: Cigar Butt, Cigarette Butt, Roach
Generic synonyms: Part, Portion

Definition of Stub

1. n. The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub.

2. v. t. To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots.

Definition of Stub

1. to strike accidentally against a projecting object [v STUBBED, STUBBING, STUBS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stub

Struthioniformes
struthious
Struthio camelus
struts
strutted
strutter
strutters
strutting
strychnic
strychnine
strychnines
Strymon
Strymon melinus
Stuart
Stuart Davis
stub (current term)
stubbed
stubbier
stubbies
stubbiest
stubbily
stubbiness
stubbing
stubble
stubbled
stubbles
stubblier
stubbliest
stubbly
stubborn

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