Definitions for SUBsʌb

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

subsʌb(n.; v.)subbed, sub•bing.

  1. (n.)a submarine.

    Category: Informal

  2. a substitute.

  3. a submarine sandwich.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Cooking, Dialect

  4. a sublieutenant.

    Category: Military

  5. a subordinate.

    Category: Informal

  6. a subaltern.

    Category: Military, Philosphy

  7. (v.i.)to act as a substitute for another.

    Category: Informal

Origin of sub:

1695–1705; by shortening of words prefixed with sub -

sub.

  1. subordinated.

  2. subscription.

    Category: Journalism

  3. substitute.

    Category: Military, Common Vocabulary

  4. suburb.

  5. suburban.

  6. subway.

    Category: Transportation

Princeton's WordNet

  1. bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep(noun)

    a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

  2. submarine, pigboat, sub, U-boat(verb)

    a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

  3. substitute, sub, stand in, fill in(verb)

    be a substitute

    "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. sub(noun)ʌb

    a submarine

  2. subʌb

    a sandwich made with a long narrow roll

    a turkey sub

  3. subʌb

    a substitute who does a person's job when they are away

    We had a sub in my history class today.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sub(noun)

    a subordinate; a subaltern


Translations for SUB

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

beneath(preposition)

not worthy of

It is beneath my dignity to do that.

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