Crossword-Solution: STUB
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Stub | n. | 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. |
| Stub | n. | A log; a block; a blockhead. |
| Stub | n. | The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar. |
| Stub | n. | A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded. |
| Stub | n. | A pen with a short, blunt nib. |
| Stub | n. | A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron. |
| Stub | v. t. | To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots. |
| Stub | v. t. | To remove stubs from; as, to stub land. |
| Stub | v. t. | To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| STUB | anagram | BTUS, BUST, BUTS, TUBS |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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eruption
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Sentences with STUB (5)
Time and again the now useless stub of its giant sting struck futilely against my body, but the blows alone were almost as effective as the kick of a horse; so that when I say futilely, I refer only to the natural function of the disabled member—eventually the thing would have hammered me to a pulp.
She hoped that Edna would go to see her in the city, and wrote her address with the stub of a pencil on a piece of card which she found in her pocket.
Holding the book on his knee he wrote out a check, tore it carefully from the stub, and laid it on the desk in front of Ruggles.
After considerable effort I succeeded in breaking the stub off near the ground, and brought it down into the boat.
Larkspurs in the botany are blue, but if you were to slip rein to the stub of some black sage and set about proving it you would be still at it by the hour when the white gilias set their pale disks to the westering sun.
Quotes with STUB (3)
What about you, Snipes?" Dunbar asked. "You think there to be mountain lions up here or is it just folks' imaginings?" Snipes pondered the question a few moments before speaking. They's many a man of science would claim there aint because you got no irredeemable evidence like panther scat or fur or tooth or tail. In other words, some part of the animal in questions. Or better yet having the actual critter itself, the whole think kit and caboodle head to tail, which all your m…
They like to tell us that it is important to speak the truth, but it has been my experience that real happiness lies in having people tell you what you want to believe, usually not the same thing at all, and if you have to stub your toe on the truth later, so be it.
I think one can tell a lot about a person from the way he chooses to let the stub of his cigarette burn out...
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, Slate, TIME, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 478 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).