Definitions of stub [ʌb]

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Definition of 'stub'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) stub
a short projecting piece or part.

2.  stub
a short remaining piece, as of a pencil or cigar.

3.  stub
(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.  stub
the returned portion of a ticket.

5.  stub
the end of a fallen tree, shrub, or plant left fixed in the ground.

6.  stub
something having a short, blunt shape.

7. (v.t.) stub
to strike (one's toe or foot) accidentally against a projecting object.

8.  stub
to extinguish the burning end of (a cigarette or cigar) by crushing it against a solid object (often fol. by out).

9.  stub
to clear of stubs, as land.

10.  stub
to dig up by the roots.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME stubb(e), OE stubb tree stump)

Definition of 'stub'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) stub
a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost

2. (noun) nub, stub
a small piece
"a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil"

3. (noun) stub, ticket stub
a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt

4. (noun) stub, check stub, counterfoil
the part of a check that is retained as a record

5. (verb) butt, stub
the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)

6. (verb) stub
pull up (weeds) by their roots

7. (verb) stub
extinguish by crushing
"stub out your cigarette now"

8. (verb) stub
clear of weeds by uprooting them
"stub a field"

9. (verb) stub
strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object
"She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken"

Definition of 'stub'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) stub
a short piece of sth that has been used, broken, or torn
the stub of a pencil; a ticket stub

2. (verb) stub
stub your toe
to hurt your toe by hitting it against sth
Ouch! I stubbed my toe.

Definition of 'stub'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) stub
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. (noun) stub
a log; a block; a blockhead

3. (noun) stub
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

4. (noun) stub
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

5. (noun) stub
a pen with a short, blunt nib

6. (noun) stub
a stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron

7. (verb) stub
to grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots

8. (verb) stub
to remove stubs from; as, to stub land

9. (verb) stub
to strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object

Translation of 'stub'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a stump or short remaining end of eg a cigarette, pencil etc The ashtray contained seven cigarette stubs.
Afrikaans: stompie	Arabic: عَقب السيجارَه	Bulgarian: малко парче
Brazilian: toco	Czech: špaček	German: der Stummel
Danish: skod; -skod	Greek: απομεινάρι	Spanish: colilla; cabo
Estonian: koni, jupp	Farsi: ته سيگار	Finnish: pätkä
French: bout, mégot	Hebrew: בְּדַל	Hindi: टोंटा, दुर्रा
Croatian: ostatak, opušak	Hungarian: (cigaretta)csikk	Indonesian: puntung
Icelandic: stubbur	Italian: mozzicone	Japanese: 使い残り
Korean: 그루터기	Lithuanian: nuolauža, galiukas, nuorū	Latvian: gals; galiņš
Malay: puntung	Dutch: stompje	Norwegian: sneip, stump, stubbe
Polish: niedopałek, resztka	Persian: ته سيگار	Pashto: د سګرت بیخ
Portuguese: toco	Romanian: muc, chiştoc	Russian: огрызок; окурок
Slovak: ohorok,špačok	Slovenian: konček	Serbian: opušak
Swedish: fimp	Thai: โคน	Turkish: izmarit
Taiwanese: 殘端(如煙蒂，鉛筆頭)	Ukrainian: недокурок; недогризок	Urdu: سگریٹ یا پنسل کا بچا ہوا
Vietnamese: mẩu	Chinese: 残端（如烟蒂，铅笔头）
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