Stub

noun
stəb

Noun

  • a small piece

    “a stub of a pencil”

    Similar:Nub
    Type of:PartPiece

  • a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt

    Type of:Receipt

  • the part of a check that is retained as a record

    Similar:Counterfoil
    Type of:Record

  • the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)

    Similar:Butt
    Type of:PortionPart

  • a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost

Verb

  • clear of weeds by uprooting them

    “stub a field”

    Type of:Weed

  • extinguish by crushing

    “stub out your cigarette now”

    Type of:ExtinguishQuench

  • strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object

    “She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken”

    Type of:StrikeHit

  • pull up (weeds) by their roots

    Type of:DeracinateExtirpateUproot

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