cub
part of speech
noun (cub, cubs)
meaning for a pupil
1) A cub is a baby animal, such as a young bear, lion, tiger, fox or wolf. tree →
2) A Cub or Cub Scout is a young member of the Scouts. tree →
3) Cub can also mean a young, inexperienced person, sometimes said teasingly or rudely. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here "Cub" is the name of a people or land allied with Egypt, not a young animal. Interpretation: Ezekiel lists it among nations that fall with Egypt. Tradition reads this as a sign that no alliance can save a nation from God's judgment. In the primary lessons: maths: animals counted, often with their mother; things counted in groups of a family; science: mammals, how animals grow and look after their young; everyday life: zoos and nature films; Cub Scouts
examples
- Ethiopia, and Put, and Lud, and all the mingled people, and Cub, and the children of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. (Prophets EZK.30.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- The bear has 3 cubs. tree →
- There are 4 lions and 9 cubs at the zoo. tree →
- Each cub eats 2 kg of meat. tree →
- How many cubs are there in 5 dens with 2 cubs each? tree →
- The fox cubs played outside their den. tree →
- The mother lion carries her cub. tree →
- My brother joined the Cubs. tree →
- Bear cubs are born in winter. tree →
- “Man!” he snapped. “A man’s cub. tree →
note
Thing counted. Trap: when counting all animals, add the mothers and the cubs. Baby cows are calves and baby dogs are puppies, not cubs.
In the corpora
- Black and brown bear cubs are born in the den in midwinter and are only about the size of a guinea pig.
- Serengeti lions rest on rocky outcrops called kopjes, which give them shade, a lookout and safe dens for cubs.
- Fewer than half of wild lion cubs survive their first two years.
- Tigers have bright white spots on the backs of their black ears, which may help cubs follow their mother and send signals.
- An Arctic fox mother can have over ten cubs in a good lemming year.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «cub» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.