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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. Noun. Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump. ¹

2. Noun. A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes. ¹

3. Noun. (computing) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior. ([ [ [ ¹

4. Noun. (computing) A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing. ([ [ [ ¹

5. Noun. (context: wikis) A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development. ¹

6. Noun. The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog ¹

7. Noun. An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract ¹

8. Verb. To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground. ¹

9. Verb. To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots. ¹

10. Verb. To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stub

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stub

struthonians struts strutted strutter strutters strutting struttingly struvite struvites strychnia

strychnic strychnine strychnines stryphnic acid stryve stub (current term) stub nail stub out stubbed stubbedness

stubbie stubbier stubbies stubbiest stubbily stubbiness stubbing stubble stubble rash stubbled

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