SUB

submarine, pigboat, sub, U-boat

(noun) a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes

bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep

(noun) a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States

substitute, sub, stand in, fill in

(verb) be a substitute; “The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague”; “The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Shortened form of any of various words beginning with sub-.

Noun

sub (plural subs)

A submarine.

A submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.

(informal) A substitute, often in sports.

(British, informal, often in plural) A subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.

(Internet, informal) A subtitle.

(computing, programming) A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does).

(colloquial) A subeditor.

(colloquial) A subcontractor.

(BDSM, informal) A submissive.

(colloquial, dated) A subordinate.

(colloquial, dated) A subaltern.

(colloquial, internet) A subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.

(colloquial) Subsistence money: part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished.

Synonyms

• (submarine sandwich): submarine, submarine sandwich; grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, po' boy, spuckie, torpedo, wedge

Hypernyms

• (submarine sandwich): sandwich

Verb

sub (third-person singular simple present subs, present participle subbing, simple past and past participle subbed)

(US, informal) To substitute for.

(US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.

(British, informal, football) To replace (a player) with a substitute.

(British, informal, football) Less commonly, and often as sub on, to bring on (a player) as a substitute.

(British) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.

(UK, slang, transitive) To lend.

(slang, intransitive) To subscribe.

(BDSM) To take a submissive role.

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Etymology 2

Preposition

sub

Under.

Verb

sub (third-person singular simple present subs, present participle subbing, simple past and past participle subbed)

To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.

(microscopy) To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.

Anagrams

• Bus., SBU, UBS, USB, bus, bus.

Source: Wiktionary

Sub-. Etym: [L. sub under, below; akin to Gr. upa to, on, under, over. Cf. Hypo-, Super-.]

1. A prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence often, in an inferior position or degree, in an imperfect or partial state, as in subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid, subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin compounds often becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-, suf- , sug-, and sup- before c, f, g, and p respectively. Before c, p, and t it sometimes takes form sus- (by the dropping of b from a collateral form, subs-).

2. (Chem.)

Definition: A prefix denoting that the ingredient (of a compound) signified by the term to which it is prefixed,is present in only a small proportion, or less than the normal amount; as, subsulphide, suboxide, etc. Prefixed to the name of a salt it is equivalent to basic; as, subacetate or basic acetate. [Obsoles.]

Sub, n.

Definition: A subordinate; a subaltern. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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