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[stuhb] 
,noun, verb, stubbed, stub⋅bing.–noun
| 1. | a short projecting part. |
| 2. | a short remaining piece, as of a pencil, candle, or cigar. |
| 3. | (in a checkbook, receipt book, etc.) the inner end of each leaf, for keeping a record of the content of the part filled out and torn away. |
| 4. | the returned portion of a ticket. |
| 5. | the end of a fallen tree, shrub, or plant left fixed in the ground; stump. |
| 6. | something having a short, blunt shape, esp. a short-pointed, blunt pen. |
| 7. | stub nail. |
| 8. | something having the look of incomplete or stunted growth, as a horn of an animal. |
| 9. | Bridge. a part-score. |
–verb (used with object)
| 10. | to strike accidentally against a projecting object: I stubbed my toe against the step. |
| 11. | to extinguish the burning end of (a cigarette or cigar) by crushing it against a solid object (often fol. by out): He stubbed out the cigarette in the ashtray. |
| 12. | to clear of stubs, as land. |
| 13. | to dig up by the roots; grub up (roots). |
Origin:
bef. 1000; (n.) ME stubb(e), OE stubb tree stump; c. MLG, MD stubbe, ON stubbi; akin to ON stūfr stump; (v.) late ME stubben to dig up by the roots, clear stumps from (land), deriv. of the n.
bef. 1000; (n.) ME stubb(e), OE stubb tree stump; c. MLG, MD stubbe, ON stubbi; akin to ON stūfr stump; (v.) late ME stubben to dig up by the roots, clear stumps from (land), deriv. of the n.
Related forms:
stubber, noun
stub nail
–noun
| 1. | a short, thick nail. |
| 2. | an old or worn horseshoe nail. |
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| stub (stŭb) n.
[Middle English stubbe, tree stump, from Old English stybb.] |
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| Main Entry: | stub |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a Web page providing only minimal information and intended for later development |
| Example: | A stub is a placeholder to which other contributors may build upon, as in Wikipedia. |
Language Translation for : Stub
Spanish:
colilla; cabo,
German:
der Stummel,
Japanese:
使い残り
Stub
Stub\, n. [OE. stubbe, AS. stub, styb; akin to D. stobbe, LG. stubbe, Dan. stub, Sw. stubbe, Icel. stubbr, stubbi; cf. Gr. ?.]1. 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. Stubs sharp and hideous to behold. --Chaucer. And prickly stubs instead of trees are found. --Dryden. 2. A log; a block; a blockhead. [Obs.] --Milton. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. A pen with a short, blunt nib. 6. A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron. Stub end (Mach.), the enlarged end of a connecting rod, to which the strap is fastened. Stub iron, iron made from stub nails, or old horseshoe nails, -- used in making gun barrels. Stub mortise (Carp.), a mortise passing only partly through the timber in which it is formed. Stub nail, an old horseshoe nail; a nail broken off; also, a short, thick nail. Stub short, or Stub shot (Lumber Manuf.), the part of the end of a sawn log or plank which is beyond the place where the saw kerf ends, and which retains the plank in connection with the log, until it is split off. Stub twist, material for a gun barrel, made of a spirally welded ribbon of steel and stub iron combined.Stub
Stub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Stubbing.]1. To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots. What stubbing, plowing, digging, and harrowing is to a piece of land. --Berkley. 2. To remove stubs from; as, to stub land. 3. To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object. [U. S.]
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stub (n.)
O.E. stybb "stump of a tree," from P.Gmc. *stubjaz (cf. M.Du. stubbe, O.N. stubbr), from PIE base *(s)teu- (see steep (adj.)). Extended in M.E. to other short, thick things. The verb sense of "strike (one's toe) against" something is first recorded 1848. Meaning "to extinguish a cigarette" is from 1927. Stubby "short and thick" is from 1572; of persons, from 1831.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Stub
Stock in a company that is over-leveraged as a result of recapitalization.
Investopedia Commentary
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stub
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