English dictionary

stub

/st/@/b/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost

noun.object

Source: WordNet 3.0
a small piece

noun.object

Examples
A stub of a pencil.

Synonyms nub

Source: WordNet 3.0
a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt

noun.communication

Synonyms ticket stub

Source: WordNet 3.0
the part of a check that is retained as a record

noun.communication

Synonyms check stub counterfoil

Source: WordNet 3.0
the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)

noun.artifact

Synonyms butt

Source: WordNet 3.0
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.

noun

Source: webster1913

pull up (weeds) by their roots

verb.contact

Source: WordNet 3.0
extinguish by crushing

verb.contact

Examples
Stub out your cigarette now.

Synonyms crush out extinguish press out stub out

Source: WordNet 3.0
clear of weeds by uprooting them

verb.change

Examples
Stub a field.

Source: WordNet 3.0
strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object

verb.body

Examples
She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken.

Source: WordNet 3.0
To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to <i>stub</i> up edible roots.

verb

Source: webster1913