| noun | a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost |
| noun | a small piece “a nub of coal” |
| noun | a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt |
| noun | the part of a check that is retained as a record |
| noun | the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) |
| verb | pull up (weeds) by their roots |
| verb | extinguish by crushing “stub out your cigarette now” |
| verb | clear of weeds by uprooting them “stub a field” |
| verb | strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object “She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken” |