Stub

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.

Compare stub with other words:

stub vs. tub

stub vs. stun

stub vs. stut

slub vs. stub

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stub vs. sub

stub vs. stud

stab vs. stub

stub vs. stubbed

stub vs. stubby

counterfoil vs. stub

nubbin vs. stub

hit vs. stub

stub vs. toe

jam vs. stub

pull vs. stub

cut vs. stub

stub vs. tree

bush vs. stub

remove vs. stub

skeleton vs. stub

docked vs. stub

development vs. stub

minimal vs. stub

page vs. stub

stub vs. submit

stub vs. system

process vs. stub

external vs. stub

stub vs. translate

signature vs. stub

procedure vs. stub

stub vs. stubble

stub vs. stump

short vs. stub

stub vs. stunted

blunted vs. stub

clear vs. stub