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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUB, a Latin preposition, denoting under or below, used in English as a prefix, to express a subordinate degree. Before f and p it is changed into those letters, as in suffer, and suppose; and before m, into that letter, as in summon.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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 [syn: bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep]
2: a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes [syn: submarine, pigboat, sub, U-boat] v
1: 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" [syn: substitute, sub, stand in, fill in]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1830 substitute II. verb (subbed; subbing) Date: 1853 intransitive verb to act as a substitute transitive verb 1. British to read and edit as a copy editor ; subedit 2. subcontract 1 III. noun Date: 1916 submarine IV. abbreviation 1. subaltern 2. subscription 3. subsidiary 4. suburb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. colloq. --n. 1 a submarine. 2 a subscription. 3 a substitute. 4 a sub-editor. 5 Mil. a subaltern. 6 Brit. an advance or loan against expected income. --v. (subbed, subbing) 1 intr. (usu. foll. by for) act as a substitute for a person. 2 tr. Brit. lend or advance (a sum) to (a person) against expected income. 3 tr. sub-edit. Etymology: abbr.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sub Sub, n. A subordinate; a subaltern. [Colloq.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(subs) 1. In team games such as football, a sub is a player who is brought into a match to replace another player. (INFORMAL) We had a few injuries and had to use youth team kids as subs. = substitute N-COUNT 2. A sub is the same as a submarine. (INFORMAL) N-COUNT 3. A fixed amount of money that you pay regularly in order to be a member of a club or society is called your subs. (BRIT OLD-FASHIONED) Subs will be raised as from next year. = subscription fees N-PLURAL

Moby Thesaurus

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