Lexic.us

Definition of Stub

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

2. Verb. Pull up (weeds) by their roots.

3. Noun. A small piece. "A stub of a pencil"

4. Verb. Extinguish by crushing. "Stub out your cigarette now"

5. Noun. A torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt.

6. Verb. Clear of weeds by uprooting them. "Stub a field"

7. Noun. The part of a check that is retained as a record.

8. Verb. Strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object. "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken"

9. Noun. The small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking).

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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