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stub
(stŭb)n.
1. The usually short end remaining after something bigger has been used up: a pencil stub; a cigarette stub.
2. Something cut short or arrested in development: a stub of a tail.
3.
a. The part of a check or receipt retained as a record.
b. The part of a ticket returned as a voucher of payment.
4. An entry that has minimal text, no text, or has not been written in full in an online reference work.
tr.v. stubbed, stub·bing, stubs
1.
a. To pull up (weeds) by the roots.
b. To clear (a field) of weeds.
2. To strike (one's toe or foot) against something accidentally.
3. To snuff out (a cigarette butt) by crushing.
[Middle English stubbe, tree stump, from Old English stybb.]
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stub
(stʌb)n
1. a short piece remaining after something has been cut, removed, etc: a cigar stub.
2. the residual piece or section of a receipt, ticket, cheque, etc
3. (Banking & Finance) US and Canadian the part of a cheque, postal order, receipt, etc, detached and retained as a record of the transaction. Also called (in Britain) counterfoil
4. any short projection or blunted end
5. (Forestry) the stump of a tree or plant
vb (tr) , stubs, stubbing or stubbed
6. (Pathology) to strike (one's toe, foot, etc) painfully against a hard surface
7. (Brewing) (usually foll by out) to extinguish (a cigarette or cigar) by pressing the end against a surface
8. (Agriculture) to clear (land) of stubs
9. (Agriculture) to dig up (the roots) of (a tree or bush)
[Old English stubb; related to Old Norse stubbi, Middle Dutch stubbe, Greek stupos stem, stump]
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stub
(stʌb)n., v. stubbed, stub•bing. n.
1. a short projecting piece or part.
2. a short remaining piece, as of a pencil or cigar.
3. (in a checkbook, receipt book, etc.) the inner end of each leaf, for keeping a record of the content of the part filled out and torn away.
4. the returned portion of a ticket.
5. the end of a fallen tree, shrub, or plant left fixed in the ground.
6. something having a short, blunt shape.
v.t. 7. to strike (one's toe or foot) accidentally against a projecting object.
8. to extinguish the burning end of (a cigarette or cigar) by crushing it against a solid object (often fol. by out).
9. to clear of stubs, as land.
10. to dig up by the roots.
[before 1000; Middle English stubb(e), Old English stubb tree stump]
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stub
Past participle: stubbed
Gerund: stubbing
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| Noun | 1. |  stub - a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lostplant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus |
| 2. | stub - a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil" nubbin - a small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn) | |
| 3. |  stub - a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receiptreceipt - an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made rain check - a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain | |
| 4. | stub - the part of a check that is retained as a record record - anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques" | |
| 5. | stub - the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) cigarette butt - small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking part, portion - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" roach - the butt of a marijuana cigarette | |
| Verb | 1. | stub - pull up (weeds) by their roots root out, deracinate, extirpate, uproot - pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden" |
| 2. | stub - extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigarette now" blow out, extinguish, quench, snuff out - put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles" | |
| 3. | stub - clear of weeds by uprooting them; "stub a field" weed - clear of weeds; "weed the garden" | |
| 4. | stub - strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object; "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken" collide with, impinge on, hit, run into, strike - hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" |
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stub
noun
1. butt, end, stump, tail, remnant, tail end, fag end (informal), dog-end (informal) an ashtray of cigarette stubs
2. counterfoil, tab, receipt, coupon Those who still have their ticket stubs, please contact the arena.
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Translations
أرومَة الشَّك البَنْكيجَذْلعَقب السيجارَهيَصْطَدِم بِ
narazit sinedopalekšpačektalon
skodslipstøde
tynkä
opušak
beüti vmibe
reka ístubbursvunta
使い残り
토막
atsist pretgaliņšgalspasaknis
naraziť si
stump
ส่วนที่เหลืออยู่
mẩu
stub
[stʌb]A. N [of cigarette] → colilla f, pitillo m; [of candle, pencil etc] → cabo m; [of cheque, receipt] → talón m; [of tree] → tocón m
B. VT to stub one's toe (on sth) → dar con el dedo del pie (contra algo)
stub out VT + ADV [+ cigarette] → apagar
stub up VT + ADV [+ tree trunks] → desarraigar, quitar, arrancar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
stub
[ˈstʌb]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
stub
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
stub
[stʌb]1. n (of cigarette, pencil) → mozzicone m; (of candle) → moccolo; (of cheque, receipt, ticket) → matrice f, talloncino
2. vt to stub one's toe (on sth) → urtare or sbattere il dito del piede (contro qc)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
stub
(stab) noun1. a stump or short remaining end of eg a cigarette, pencil etc. The ashtray contained seven cigarette stubs.
2. the counterfoil or retained section of a cheque etc.
verb – past tense, past participle stubbed – to hurt (especially a toe) by striking it against something hard. She stubbed her toe(s) against the bedpost.
ˈstubby adjective being a stub, or short and thick like a stub. a stubby tail; stubby fingers.
stub out to extinguish (a cigarette or cigar) by pressing it against a hard surface.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
stub
→ جَذْل nedopalek skod Stummel αποτσίγαρο colilla tynkä bout opušak matrice 使い残り 토막 stomp sneip końcówka ponta обрубок stump ส่วนที่เหลืออยู่ izmarit mẩu 存根Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
stub
vt (pret & pp stubbed; ger stubbing) to — one's foot (against) tropezar (con)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.