stub

«stub» in Mova's school dictionary: The short end left after most of something has been used… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a stub, stubs); verb (stub, stubs, stubbed, stubbing)

meaning for a pupil

1) The short end left after most of something has been used, like a pencil stub or a candle stub. tree →

2) The small part of a ticket or cheque you keep as a record. tree →

3) To hit your toe by accident against something hard. tree →

4) «Stub out» means to put out a cigarette by pressing it down. tree →

5) (computing) A short, unfinished piece of writing or code. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life you «stub your toe» on furniture, which really hurts. A ticket stub proves you paid. In stories a pencil stub shows someone is poor or has written a lot. Phrases: «stub your toe», «ticket stub», «pencil stub», «stub out».

examples

• I stubbed my toe on the bed and it really hurt. tree →
• I kept the ticket stub from the concert. tree →
• He wrote with a tiny stub of a pencil. tree →
• Only a stub of the candle was left. tree →
• Ouch! I just stubbed my toe on the door. tree →
• Keep the stub as proof that you paid. tree →
• The Wikipedia page was only a stub with two lines. tree →

note

Double the «b»: stubbed, stubbing. «Stubby» means short and thick. Do not mix up «stub» (short end) with «stud» (a small metal knob or earring).

In the corpora

• When people stub a toe or drop a plate, a swear word wants to jump out.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stub» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.