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I'm really such a bumbler! Writing fiction is like arranging furniture in a dark room. I can't see what I'm doing. I grope for the right words. I bump against the wrong words and stumble and stub my toe and curse and keep trying to guess what belongs in the space.
Joanna Scott

Meaning of "stub" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STUB

Old English stubb; related to Old Norse stubbi, Middle Dutch stubbe, Greek stupos stem, stump.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF STUB

stub  [stʌb] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STUB

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stub is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb stub in English.

WHAT DOES STUB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Stub

Stub or Stubb may refer to: ▪ In pollarding, a stub or stubb is a low pollard – a tree cut and allowed to regrow from the trunk ▪ Method stub, in computer programming, a piece of code used to stand in for some other programming functionality ▪ Test stub, one type of test doubles in software testing ▪ Stub network, in computer networking, a section of network with only one exit router to other networks ▪ A stub of a pencil, or other object ▪ Stub, a calculated length section of transmission line used to match impedance in transmission lines ▪ Stub, a piece of work of a greater calculation in distributed computing ▪ Pay stub, a receipt or record that the employer has paid an employee ▪ Ticket, a ticket or portion thereof that acts as a receipt ▪ Stub, the portion of a corporation left over after most but not all of it has been bought out or spun out ▪ Stub, an unused road junction: see Unused highway ▪ Stub, the short tail of an animal such...

Definition of stub in the English dictionary

The first definition of stub in the dictionary is a short piece remaining after something has been cut, removed, etc. Other definition of stub is the residual piece or section of a receipt, ticket, cheque, etc. Stub is also any short projection or blunted end.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO STUB

PRESENT

Present
I stub
you stub
he/she/it stubs
we stub
you stub
they stub
Present continuous
I am stubbing
you are stubbing
he/she/it is stubbing
we are stubbing
you are stubbing
they are stubbing
Present perfect
I have stubbed
you have stubbed
he/she/it has stubbed
we have stubbed
you have stubbed
they have stubbed
Present perfect continuous
I have been stubbing
you have been stubbing
he/she/it has been stubbing
we have been stubbing
you have been stubbing
they have been stubbing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I stubbed
you stubbed
he/she/it stubbed
we stubbed
you stubbed
they stubbed
Past continuous
I was stubbing
you were stubbing
he/she/it was stubbing
we were stubbing
you were stubbing
they were stubbing
Past perfect
I had stubbed
you had stubbed
he/she/it had stubbed
we had stubbed
you had stubbed
they had stubbed
Past perfect continuous
I had been stubbing
you had been stubbing
he/she/it had been stubbing
we had been stubbing
you had been stubbing
they had been stubbing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will stub
you will stub
he/she/it will stub
we will stub
you will stub
they will stub
Future continuous
I will be stubbing
you will be stubbing
he/she/it will be stubbing
we will be stubbing
you will be stubbing
they will be stubbing
Future perfect
I will have stubbed
you will have stubbed
he/she/it will have stubbed
we will have stubbed
you will have stubbed
they will have stubbed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been stubbing
you will have been stubbing
he/she/it will have been stubbing
we will have been stubbing
you will have been stubbing
they will have been stubbing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would stub
you would stub
he/she/it would stub
we would stub
you would stub
they would stub
Conditional continuous
I would be stubbing
you would be stubbing
he/she/it would be stubbing
we would be stubbing
you would be stubbing
they would be stubbing
Conditional perfect
I would have stub
you would have stub
he/she/it would have stub
we would have stub
you would have stub
they would have stub
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been stubbing
you would have been stubbing
he/she/it would have been stubbing
we would have been stubbing
you would have been stubbing
they would have been stubbing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you stub
we let´s stub
you stub
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to stub
Past participle
stubbed
Present Participle
stubbing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STUB


bathtub
ˈbɑːθˌtʌb
tub
tʌb
washtub
ˈwɒʃˌtʌb

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STUB

stub axle
stub end
stub nail
stubbed
stubbie
stubbier
Stubbies
stubbiest
stubbily
stubbiness
stubbing
stubble
stubble-jumper
stubbled
stubbly
stubborn
stubbornly
stubbornness

WORDS THAT END LIKE STUB

book club
bran tub
cheque stub
club
country club
cub
dolly tub
dub
fan club
golf club
grub
hot tub
hub
nightclub
on the club
pub
rub
scrub
sub
twin-tub

Synonyms and antonyms of stub in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «STUB»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «stub» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of stub

Translation of «stub» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STUB

Find out the translation of stub to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stub from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stub» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

存根
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

colilla
570 millions of speakers

English

stub
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ठूंठ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جَذْل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обрубок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ponta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসম্পূর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bout
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Stub
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stummel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

使い残り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

토막
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stub
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mẩu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஸ்டப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्टब
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

koçan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

matrice
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

końcówka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

уламок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chiștoc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποτσίγαρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stomp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stump
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sneip
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stub

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STUB»

The term «stub» is very widely used and occupies the 18.548 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STUB» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stub

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «STUB»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word stub.
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Joanna Scott
I'm really such a bumbler! Writing fiction is like arranging furniture in a dark room. I can't see what I'm doing. I grope for the right words. I bump against the wrong words and stumble and stub my toe and curse and keep trying to guess what belongs in the space.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STUB»

Discover the use of stub in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stub and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Guide to Stability Design Criteria for Metal Structures
3: STUB-COLUMN TEST PROCEDURE^ A stub column is a member sufficiently short so as to preclude member buckling when compressed, but sufficiently long to contain the same initial residual stress patern as a much longer member cut ...
Theodore V. Galambos, 1998
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IP Routing Protocols: RIP, OSPF, BGP, PNNI, and Cisco ...
Static routes are often applied to stub networks. A stub network is one in which traffic emanates or terminates, but traffic does not pass- through. Think of a stub network like the end-of-the-line on a subway, or a deadend street. A stub network  ...
Uyless D. Black, 2000
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Planar Microwave Engineering: A Practical Guide to Theory, ...
Once the value of l\ is chosen, all that remains is to cancel any remanent imaginary part with a suitable shunt stub. In principle, an appropriate length of line terminated in either a short or an open would accomplish the desired end.
Thomas H. Lee, 2004
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Microwave Engineering
5.3.4.3 Realisation of stubs in microwave circuit Coaxial line In two conductor coaxial lines, the stub is realised by a tee junction at the stub position as shown in Fig. 5.11, where a moveable short is used to adjust the length of the stub. The stub ...
Annapurna Das, Sisir K. Das, 2000
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STUB, a manufacturing system for producing rough dimension ...
Edwin L. Lucas, Charles J. Gatchell, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station ( Radnor, Pa.) Figure 2. — Marking a board for processing in a STUB rough mill. The board is scanned from left to right, and marks for crosscutting are made at points ...
Edwin L. Lucas, Charles J. Gatchell, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station (Radnor, Pa.), 1976
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MICROWAVE DEVICES AND CIRCUIT DESIGN
It cannot be brought to lie on the locus of ¥n or ¥n for a possible match by the parallel connection of any short-circuited stub because the space unit circle (g'= 1 ) and circle (g = 2) are mutually tangential. Thus, g = 2 circle is known as the one  ...
GANESH PRASAD SRIVASTAVA, VIJAY LAXMI GUPTA, 2006
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Language, People, Numbers: Corpus Linguistics and Society
The verb STUB and the noun TOE 3.1 Stub The first record of stub in the OED is from 967, meaning "A stump of a tree or, more rarely, of a shrub or smaller plant; the portion left fixed in the ground when a tree has been felled [...]" (OED s.v. stub  ...
Andrea Gerbig, Oliver Mason (M.A.), 2008
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Stormy and Stub: Another Jo Barkley Adventure
Another Jo Barkley Adventure Neva Andrews. Jo's voice broke. “He whacked Scamp on the rump and rode off laughing.” “Strange.” Jo leaned her head into Bonnie's flank and concentrated on the foam rising in her bucket. The cat came in for ...
Neva Andrews, 2008
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CENTS II: Census Tabulation System, Users Manual
United States. Bureau of the Census. NEW FLORENCIA — TOTAL MhNTtGU DISTRICT KISUMA DISTRICT SANTIAGO DISTRICT ALEGRU DISTRICT LUM— SAK DISTRICT \I H | PI WI 'IMP-'M lr-“r-Il STUB BORDEAUX DISTRICT ...
United States. Bureau of the Census, 1975
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IPv6 Essentials
This can happen if there are multiple ASBRs connected to the same external network. One ASBR advertises an OSPF route to the external routing protocol, and the other ASBR imports the same route back to OSPF. Stub areas In short, a stub ...
Silvia Hagen, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STUB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stub is used in the context of the following news items.
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Stub & Herbs owner plots Mexican venture in vacant Campus Pizza …
Josh Zavadil is teaming up with longtime Stub & Herbs employees Angelo Pennacchio and Regan Haffele to open Bar Luchador, a 108-seat restaurant that will ... «Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal, Jul 15»
2
Police: Stamford robbery suspect left own check stub
Police said Vrzivoly was identified from security camera footage, and that he left his own paycheck stub at the scene. Photo: Contributed / Contributed Photo. «The Advocate, Jul 15»
3
Edmonton Fire Chief tells smokers to 'Stub it Right'
Edmonton Fire Rescue Services and Alberta Municipal Affairs are launching the Stub it Right, Don't Ignite campaign to teach people how to properly dispose of ... «Edmonton Sun, Jun 15»
4
Sir Winston Churchill's part-smoked cigar set to fetch thousands at …
The stub of a cigar smoked by Sir Winston Churchill is expected to fetch thousands of pounds at auction. The chewed end of the fat cigar, which the wartime ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
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L.L. Stub Stewart State Park to offer free activities for Oregon State …
L.L. Stub Stewart State Park, along with Tryon Creek and Champoeg, are among state parks offering free activities Saturday, June 6 to celebrate Oregon State ... «OregonLive.com, May 15»
6
Have You Ever Wondered What Andrew McCutchen's Pay Stub
This screenshot of what appears to be Pittsburgh Pirates Center Fielder Andrew McCutchen's earnings statement was found and uploaded to Reddit via user ... «The Big Lead, May 15»
7
Oxygen May Not Help Heart Attack Victims
Heart attack victims treated with oxygen endured 25 to 30 percent more heart damage than patients not given oxygen, said lead investigator Dr. Dion Stub, an ... «HealthDay, Nov 14»
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Man with burned lotto stub goes to House
However, the stub was grabbed and crumpled by Roxanne's one-year-old daughter who was sitting on her lap. She ironed the crumpled ticket but damaged it in ... «ABS CBN News, Oct 14»
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Verizon's $15M Settlement OK'd In Pay Stub Class Action
Law360, Los Angeles (October 21, 2014, 4:17 PM ET) -- A California judge on Monday approved a $15 million settlement that would resolve a class action ... «Law360, Oct 14»
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Anti-tobacco conference struggles to stub out lobbyists
Moscow (AFP) - A major conference in Moscow aimed at cutting global smoking rates this week found itself grappling with another issue: how to stop the ... «Yahoo News, Oct 14»

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