'Stub' definitions:

Definition of 'stub'

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noun
A short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
noun
A small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil" [syn: nub, stub]
noun
A torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt [syn: stub, ticket stub]
noun
The part of a check that is retained as a record [syn: stub, check stub, counterfoil]
noun
The small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) [syn: butt, stub]
verb
Pull up (weeds) by their roots
verb
Extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigarette now"
verb
Clear of weeds by uprooting them; "stub a field"
verb
Strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object; "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken"

Definition of 'Stub'

From: GCIDE
  • Stub \Stub\, n. [OE. stubbe, AS. stub, styb; akin to D. stobbe, LG. stubbe, Dan. stub, Sw. stubbe, Icel. stubbr, stubbi; cf. Gr. ?.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Stubs sharp and hideous to behold. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • And prickly stubs instead of trees are found. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A log; a block; a blockhead. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A pen with a short, blunt nib. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron. [1913 Webster]
  • Stub end (Mach.), the enlarged end of a connecting rod, to which the strap is fastened.
  • Stub iron, iron made from stub nails, or old horseshoe nails, -- used in making gun barrels.
  • Stub mortise (Carp.), a mortise passing only partly through the timber in which it is formed.
  • Stub nail, an old horseshoe nail; a nail broken off; also, a short, thick nail.
  • Stub short, or Stub shot (Lumber Manuf.), the part of the end of a sawn log or plank which is beyond the place where the saw kerf ends, and which retains the plank in connection with the log, until it is split off.
  • Stub twist, material for a gun barrel, made of a spirally welded ribbon of steel and stub iron combined. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Stub'

From: GCIDE
  • Stub \Stub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Stubbing.]
  • 1. To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots. [1913 Webster]
  • What stubbing, plowing, digging, and harrowing is to a piece of land. --Berkley. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To remove stubs from; as, to stub land. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'stub'

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Words containing 'Stub'