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stub

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noun

Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.

Examples :

"After the artist sharpened the pencil too much, only a small stub was left. "

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A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.

Examples :

"check stub, ticket stub, payment stub"

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A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior.

Examples :

"Before the programmer finished the full login process, she created a simple stub that always returned "success" so the rest of the team could continue developing other parts of the website. "

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A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing.

Examples :

"The software's database access stub converts incoming application requests into database-understandable queries. "

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(wikis) A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development.

Examples :

"The "History of the Roman Empire" page is just a stub; it needs more information about the emperors and their reigns. "

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The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog

Examples :

"The dog's stub was a small, slightly pink piece of flesh after the tail was docked. "

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An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract

Examples :

"The financial swap contract had a stub period of three days, affecting the final interest calculation. "

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A log or block of wood.

Examples :

"The tired lumberjack sat down on a stub to rest his legs. "

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noun

Examples :

"My brother is such a stub; he just doesn't seem to understand the instructions. "

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A pen with a short, blunt nib.

Examples :

"The artist used a stub to create thick, bold lines in the drawing. "

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An old and worn horseshoe nail.

Examples :

"The blacksmith carefully hammered the old stub into the horseshoe. "

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Stub iron.

Examples :

"The blacksmith used a heavy stub iron to shape the horseshoe. "

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The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt.

Examples :

"I threw the stub of my cigarette into the ashtray. "

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verb

To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground.

Examples :

"The farmer decided to stub the old apple tree because it was no longer producing fruit. "

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To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.

Examples :

"The gardener stubbed the weeds from the flower bed. "

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To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe.

Examples :

"I stubbed my toe trying to find the light switch in the dark."

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