[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/stubble/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / stubble # stubble noun (stubble — uncountable) «stubble» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Stubble is the short, rough hairs that grow on a man's face when he has not shaved for a day or a few days. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubble/#m1) 2. Stubble is the short, stiff stalks left standing in a field after a crop like wheat has been cut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubble/#m2) ### In the lessons In everyday life, children notice Dad's stubble feeling scratchy. In farming and geography lessons, stubble is left in fields after the harvest, and some farmers plough it in. In stories, stubble on a character's chin often shows he is tired, busy or has not cared for himself. Phrases: «a bit of stubble», «designer stubble», «a stubble field». ### Examples - Dad's stubble is scratchy when he kisses me goodnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubble/#x1) - After the harvest, the field was full of golden stubble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubble/#x2) - The detective rubbed the stubble on his chin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubble/#x3) - Some men keep a little stubble on purpose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubble/#x4) - We walked carefully across the stubble in the field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubble/#x5) - Birds were pecking for seeds among the stubble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubble/#x6) - Grandpa had stubble after the camping trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubble/#x7) - But the corn had been gone a long time; only the dry, bare stubble was left standing in the frozen ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubble/#x8) ### Note Uncountable: «some stubble», not «a stubble». Adjective: «stubbly». Stubble is shorter than a «beard». ## In Jewish tradition The dry stalks are used as a poor substitute for straw in Egypt, when Pharaoh made the Israelite slaves harder to work. In the Song at the Sea, God's anger burns up Egypt's army like stubble. In Job it is a picture of something weak and easily driven away, as when Job asks if God will pursue dry stubble, and the crocodile counts clubs as stubble. **Interpretation.** Stubble stands in the tradition for the powerless, who cannot stand before God's wrath, and for the wicked who are burned up like it. ### Examples - So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. (Torah EXO.5.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stubble/#x1) - And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou overthrowest them that rise up against Thee; Thou sendest forth Thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble. (Torah EXO.15.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stubble/#x2) - And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble? (Writings JOB.13.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stubble/#x3) - The arrow cannot make him flee; slingstones are turned with him into stubble. (Writings JOB.41.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stubble/#x4) - Clubs are accounted as stubble; he laugheth at the rattling of the javelin. (Writings JOB.41.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stubble/#x5) ### Note Uncountable: «some stubble», not «a stubble». Adjective: «stubbly». Stubble is shorter than a «beard». ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «stubble» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stubble/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«stubble» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stubble.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «stubble» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/stubble/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«stubble» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/stubble.html) on Mova free.