Stub
[stʌb]
Definition
(noun.) the part of a check that is retained as a record.
(noun.) a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt.
(noun.) a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost.
(verb.) strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object; 'She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken'.
(verb.) clear of weeds by uprooting them; 'stub a field'.
(verb.) extinguish by crushing; 'stub out your cigarette now'.
(verb.) pull up (weeds) by their roots.
Checker: Lucy--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(n.) A log; a block; a blockhead.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A pen with a short, blunt nib.
(n.) A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
(v. t.) To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots.
(v. t.) To remove stubs from; as, to stub land.
(v. t.) To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object.
Edited by Janet
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Stump.
v. a. [1]. Eradicate, grub up, extirpate.[2]. [Colloquial, U. S.] Strike (as the toes, against a stump, stone, &c.).
Inputed by Elisabeth
Definition
n. the stump left after a tree is cut down: anything short and thick a stump or truncated end of anything a worn horse-shoe nail esp. in pl.: the counterfoil in a cheque-book &c.—v.t. to take the stubs or roots of from the ground: to cut to a stub: to strike against a stub:—pr.p. stub′bing; pa.t. and pa.p. stubbed.—adj. Stubbed short and thick like a stump: blunt: obtuse.—ns. Stub′bedness; Stub′biness state of being stubby: stubbedness.—adj. Stub′by abounding with stubs: short thick and strong.—ns. Stub′-ī′ron that worked up from stubs for gun-barrels; Stub′-nail a short thick nail.
Editor: Rosalie
Examples
- I am a connoisseur, said he, taking another cigarette from the box--his fourth--and lighting it from the stub of that which he had finished. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- You cannot throw an old cigar stub down anywhere, but some vagabond will pounce upon it on the instant. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- One of these stub-hunters followed us all over the park last night, and we never had a smoke that was worth anything. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We were always moved to appease him with the stub before the cigar was half gone, because he looked so viciously anxious. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Now, they surely must chew up those old stubs, and dry and sell them for smoking-tobacco. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Typed by Laverne