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# stub

noun (a stub, stubs); verb (stub, stubs, stubbed, stubbing)

«stub» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The short end left after most of something has been used, like a pencil stub or a candle stub. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stub/#m1)
2. The small part of a ticket or cheque you keep as a record. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stub/#m2)
3. To hit your toe by accident against something hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stub/#m3)
4. «Stub out» means to put out a cigarette by pressing it down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stub/#m4)
5. (computing) A short, unfinished piece of writing or code. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stub/#m5)

### In the lessons

In everyday life you «stub your toe» on furniture, which really hurts. A ticket stub proves you paid. In stories a pencil stub shows someone is poor or has written a lot. Phrases: «stub your toe», «ticket stub», «pencil stub», «stub out».

### Examples

- I stubbed my toe on the bed and it really hurt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stub/#x1)
- I kept the ticket stub from the concert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stub/#x2)
- He wrote with a tiny stub of a pencil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stub/#x3)
- Only a stub of the candle was left. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stub/#x4)
- Ouch! I just stubbed my toe on the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stub/#x5)
- Keep the stub as proof that you paid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stub/#x6)
- The Wikipedia page was only a stub with two lines. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stub/#x7)

### Note

Double the «b»: stubbed, stubbing. «Stubby» means short and thick. Do not mix up «stub» (short end) with «stud» (a small metal knob or earring).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stub» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stub/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stub» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stub.html) on Mova free.