4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Stubbed \Stub"bed\, a. 1. Reduced to a stub; short and thick, like something truncated; blunt; obtuse. [1913 Webster] 2. Abounding in stubs; stubby. [1913 Webster] A bit of stubbed ground, once a wood. --R. Browning. [1913 Webster] 3. Not nice or delicate; hardy; rugged. "Stubbed, vulgar constitutions." --Berkley. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] What stubbing, plowing, digging, and harrowing is to a piece of land. --Berkley. [1913 Webster] 2. To remove stubs from; as, to stub land. [1913 Webster] 3. To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: stub n 1: a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost 2: a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil" [syn: {nub}] 3: a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt [syn: {ticket stub}] 4: the part of a check that is retained as a record [syn: {check stub}, {counterfoil}] 5: the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) [syn: {butt}] v : strike against an object; "She stubbed her one's toe in the dark and now it's broken" [syn: {scrape}, {skin}, {abrade}] [also: {stubbing}, {stubbed}] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: stubbed See {stub}
Powered by Blog Dictionary [BlogDict]
Kindly supported by
Vaffle Invitation Code
Get a Freelance Job - Outsource Your Projects | Threadless Coupon
All rights
reserved. (2008-2024)