Noun

• S: (n) stub (a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost)
• S: (n) nub, stub (a small piece) "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) stub, ticket stub (a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt)
• S: (n) stub, check stub, counterfoil (the part of a check that is retained as a record)
• S: (n) butt, stub (the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking))

Verb

• S: (v) stub (pull up (weeds) by their roots)
• S: (v) stub (extinguish by crushing) "stub out your cigarette now"
• S: (v) stub (clear of weeds by uprooting them) "stub a field"
• S: (v) stub (strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object) "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken"