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English to English noun
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a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost |  | source: wordnet30
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a small piece | | Example: a nub of coal
a stub of a pencil
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a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt | | source: wordnet30
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the part of a check that is retained as a record | | source: wordnet30
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the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
verb
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pull up (weeds) by their roots | | source: wordnet30
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extinguish by crushing | | Example: stub out your cigarette now
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clear of weeds by uprooting them | | Example: stub a field
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strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object | | Example: She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken
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To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots. | | source: webster1913
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