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stub

(st/@/b )

a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost(noun.object)

source: wordnet30
a small piece(noun.object)

Example:
A stub of a pencil.

Synonym:
nub

source: wordnet30
a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt(noun.communication)

Synonym:
ticket stub

source: wordnet30
the part of a check that is retained as a record(noun.communication)

Synonym:
check stub, counterfoil

source: wordnet30
the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
butt

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

pull up (weeds) by their roots(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
extinguish by crushing(verb.contact)

Example:
Stub out your cigarette now.

Synonym:
crush out, extinguish, press out, stub out

source: wordnet30
clear of weeds by uprooting them(verb.change)

Example:
Stub a field.

source: wordnet30
strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object(verb.body)

Example:
She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken.

source: wordnet30
To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots.(verb)

source: webster1913

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