stub
Nouns
- (n) a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
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(n) a small piece
- a nub of coal
- a stub of a pencil
- (n) a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt ticket stub,
- (n) the part of a check that is retained as a record check stub, counterfoil,
- (n) the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) butt,
Verbs
- (v) pull up (weeds) by their roots
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(v) extinguish by crushing
- stub out your cigarette now
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(v) clear of weeds by uprooting them
- stub a field
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(v) strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object
- She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken