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
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
- 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.