stub

stub

 (stŭb)

n.

1. The usually short end remaining after something bigger has been used up: a pencil stub; a cigarette stub.

2. Something cut short or arrested in development: a stub of a tail.

3.

a. The part of a check or receipt retained as a record.

b. The part of a ticket returned as a voucher of payment.

4. An entry that has minimal text, no text, or has not been written in full in an online reference work.

tr.v. stubbed, stub·bing, stubs

1.

a. To pull up (weeds) by the roots.

b. To clear (a field) of weeds.

2. To strike (one's toe or foot) against something accidentally.

3. To snuff out (a cigarette butt) by crushing.

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[Middle English stubbe, tree stump, from Old English stybb.]

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stub

(stʌb)

n

1. a short piece remaining after something has been cut, removed, etc: a cigar stub.

2. the residual piece or section of a receipt, ticket, cheque, etc

3. (Banking & Finance) US and Canadian the part of a cheque, postal order, receipt, etc, detached and retained as a record of the transaction. Also called (in Britain) counterfoil

4. any short projection or blunted end

5. (Forestry) the stump of a tree or plant

vb (tr) , stubs, stubbing or stubbed

6. (Pathology) to strike (one's toe, foot, etc) painfully against a hard surface

7. (Brewing) (usually foll by out) to extinguish (a cigarette or cigar) by pressing the end against a surface

8. (Agriculture) to clear (land) of stubs

9. (Agriculture) to dig up (the roots) of (a tree or bush)

[Old English stubb; related to Old Norse stubbi, Middle Dutch stubbe, Greek stupos stem, stump]

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stub

(stʌb)

n., v. stubbed, stub•bing. n.

1. a short projecting piece or part.

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

3. (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. the returned portion of a ticket.

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

6. something having a short, blunt shape.

v.t.

7. to strike (one's toe or foot) accidentally against a projecting object.

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

9. to clear of stubs, as land.

10. to dig up by the roots.

[before 1000; Middle English stubb(e), Old English stubb tree stump]

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stub

Past participle: stubbed
Gerund: stubbing

Imperative

stub

stub

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stub - a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost plant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus
	2.	stub - a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil" nub nubbin - a small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn) part, piece - a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
	3.	stub - a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt ticket stub receipt - an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made rain check - a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain
	4.	stub - the part of a check that is retained as a record check stub, counterfoil record - anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques"
	5.	stub - the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) butt cigarette butt - small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking part, portion - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" roach - the butt of a marijuana cigarette
Verb	1.	stub - pull up (weeds) by their roots root out, deracinate, extirpate, uproot - pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"
	2.	stub - extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigarette now" blow out, extinguish, quench, snuff out - put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"
	3.	stub - clear of weeds by uprooting them; "stub a field" weed - clear of weeds; "weed the garden"
	4.	stub - strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object; "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken" collide with, impinge on, hit, run into, strike - hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"

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stub

noun

1. butt, end, stump, tail, remnant, tail end, fag end (informal), dog-end (informal) an ashtray of cigarette stubs

2. counterfoil, tab, receipt, coupon Those who still have their ticket stubs, please contact the arena.

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stub

noun

Residual matter:

butt, end, fragment, ort (often used in plural), scrap, shard.

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Translations

أرومَة الشَّك البَنْكيجَذْلعَقب السيجارَهيَصْطَدِم بِ

narazit sinedopalekšpačektalon

skodslipstøde

StummelKontrollabschnittstoßen

αποτσίγαροπροσχέδιο

colillagolpear

tynkä

boutébaucheébaucheréteindrefrapper

opušak

beüti vmibe

reka ístubbursvunta

matricemozziconeschiacciareurtare

使い残り

토막

atsist pretgaliņšgalspasaknis

stomp

sneipstøte tåen motstubbe

końcówka

extinguirponta

обрубок

naraziť si

stump

ส่วนที่เหลืออยู่

izmaritvurmakçarpmakdip koçanı

mẩu

存根残端绊脚踢

stub

[stʌb]

A. N [of cigarette] → colilla f, pitillo m; [of candle, pencil etc] → cabo m; [of cheque, receipt] → talón m; [of tree] → tocón m

B. VT to stub one's toe (on sth) → dar con el dedo del pie (contra algo)

stub out VT + ADV [+ cigarette] → apagar

stub up VT + ADV [+ tree trunks] → desarraigar, quitar, arrancar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

stub

[ˈstʌb]

n

[cigarette] → mégot m; [pencil] → bout m

[ticket] → talon m

[cheque] → talon m

vt
to stub one's toe → se cogner l'orteil
to stub one's toe on sth → se cogner l'orteil contre qch

stub out

vt sep [+ cigarette] → écraser

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

stub

n (of candle, pencil, tail) → Stummel m; (of cigarette also) → Kippe f; (of cheque, ticket) → Abschnitt m; (of tree) → Stumpf m

vt to stub one’s toe (on or against something) → sich (dat) → den Zeh (→ an etw dat) → stoßen, mit dem Zeh an or gegen etw (acc) → stoßen; to stub out a cigarette → eine Zigarette ausdrücken

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

stub

[stʌb]

1. n (of cigarette, pencil) → mozzicone m; (of candle) → moccolo; (of cheque, receipt, ticket) → matrice f, talloncino

2. vt to stub one's toe (on sth) → urtare or sbattere il dito del piede (contro qc)

stub out vt + adv to stub out a cigarette → spegnere una sigaretta

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

stub

(stab) noun

1. a stump or short remaining end of eg a cigarette, pencil etc. The ashtray contained seven cigarette stubs. stompie عَقب السيجارَه малко парче toco špaček der Stummel skod; -skod απομεινάριcolilla; cabo koni, jupp ته سيگار pätkä bout, mégotבדל टोंटा, दुर्रा ostatak, opušak (cigaretta)csikk puntung stubbur mozzicone 使い残り 그루터기 nuolauža, galiukas, nuorūka gals; galiņš puntung stompje sneip, stump, stubbeniedopałek, resztka د سګرت بیخ toco muc, chiştoc огрызок; окурок ohorok, špačok konček opušak fimp โคน izmarit 殘端(如煙蒂，鉛筆頭) недокурок; недогризок سگریٹ یا پنسل کا بچا ہوا ٹکڑا mẩu 残端（如烟蒂，铅笔头）

2. the counterfoil or retained section of a cheque etc. teenblad أرومَة الشَّك البَنْكي пън talão talon der Kontrollabschnitt slip στέλεχος επιταγής matriz piletikonts ته چك kanta talonזנב प्रतिपर्ण, मुसन्ना kontrolni kupon, odrezak (računa) szelvény bonggol svunta matrice 控え (수표 등) 보관용 부문 (kvito, čekio) šaknelė (čeka, kvīts) pasaknis potongan souchetalong; stammeodcinek, końcówka سټه، کونده talão talon корешок чека kontrolný lístok, ústrižok kontrolni odrezek kontrolni kupon talong, kontramärke ต้นขั้วตั๋วหรือเช็ค dip koçanı (支票)存根 корінець چیک کا بچا ہوا حصہ cuống （支票）存根

verb – past tense, past participle stubbed –

to hurt (especially a toe) by striking it against something hard. She stubbed her toe(s) against the bedpost. stamp يَصْطَدِم بِ удрям крака си в нещо dar uma topada narazit si stoßen støde σκοντάφτω και χτυπώ darse contra algo, darse un golpe, chocar contra algo ära lööma پا به چيزي زدن satuttaa se cogner לְהִיתַקֵל ठोकर खाना, उखाड़ना, जड़ से खोदना udariti (čime), udariti nogom o što (lába ujját) beüti vmibe menabrakkan reka í sbattere ぶつける (발가락 그루터기, 돌 등에) 부딪쳐 다치다 susitrenkti atsist (piem., kājas pirkstu) pret tersandung stotenstøte tåen motpotknąć się په یو شی باندی پښه وهل dar uma topada a se lovi (la degetul de la picior) спотыкаться обо что-л. naraziť si zadeti ob udariti nožni prst stöta สะดุด çarpmak, vurmak 腳踢，絆 ударитися ногою об щось тверде تکلیف پہنچانا đánh gốc, đánh hết gốc 脚踢，绊

ˈstubby adjective

being a stub, or short and thick like a stub. a stubby tail; stubby fingers. kort, dik قَصير وَغَليظ къс и дебел grosso pahýlovitý stummelig stumpet κοντόχοντρος corto y rechoncho; regordete tönts كوتاه و خپل lyhyt courtaud גוִּצי ठूंठदार, ठूंठों से भरा, गोल-मटोल zdepast, kratak zömök buntung stubbóttur/-legur tozzo 短くて堅い 짧고 굵은 striukas, trumpas ir storas īss; strups kontot plompstubbet, butt, kort og stiv krępy, krótki, gruby لنډ پنډ grosso butu­cănos похожий на обрубок odseknutý, hrubý čokat zdepast stubbig, knubbig อ้วนเตี้ย; สั้นหนา küt 短粗的 присадкуватий; схожий на обрубок ٹھنٹھ کے جیسا ngắn và dày 短粗的

stub out

to extinguish (a cigarette or cigar) by pressing it against a hard surface. uitdoof يُطْفِئ السيجارَه загасям чрез натискане apagar zamáčknout ausdrücken skodde σβήνω πιέζοντας (π.χ. τσιγάρο) apagar (sigaretti) kustutama له كردن و خاموش كردن سيگار tumpata écraser לְכַּבּוֹת बुझा देना ugasiti (cigaretu, cigaru) elnyom memadamkan drepa í spegnere もみ消す (담배 등을) 비벼서 끄다 užgesinti nodzēst (cigareti, cigāru) memadamkan uitdrukkenstumpegasić د سګرټ ګول کول apagar a stinge гасить окурок zahasiť ugasiti ugasiti släcka, fimpa ขยี้ให้ดับ bastırarak söndürmek 撚(踩)熄香煙等 погасити недокурок سگریٹ کو کچل کر بجھانا dập tắt 捻（踩）熄香烟等

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stub

→ جَذْل nedopalek skod Stummel αποτσίγαρο colilla tynkä bout opušak matrice 使い残り 토막 stomp sneip końcówka ponta обрубок stump ส่วนที่เหลืออยู่ izmarit mẩu 存根

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stub

vt (pret & pp stubbed; ger stubbing) to — one's foot (against) tropezar (con)

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