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1. A short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
    
2. A small piece
   "a stub of a pencil";
   - nub
    
3. A torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
   - ticket stub
    
4. The part of a check that is retained as a record
   - check stub [US], counterfoil [Brit], cheque stub [Brit, Cdn]
    
5. The small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
   - butt

1. Pull up (weeds) by their roots
    
2. Extinguish by crushing
   "stub out your cigarette now";
   - extinguish, stub out, crush out, press out
    
3. Clear of weeds by uprooting them
   "stub a field"
    
4. Strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object
   "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken"

Derived forms: stubbed, stubbing, stubs

Type of: collide with, deracinate [formal], extinguish, extirpate [formal], hit, impact, impinge on, part, piece, plant part, plant structure, portion, quench, receipt, record, root out, run into, snuff out, strike, uproot, weed

Encyclopedia: Stub