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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cub \Cub\ (k[u^]b), n. [Cf. Ir cuib cub, whelp, young dog, Ir & Gael. cu dog; akin to E. hound.] 1. A young animal, esp. the young of the bear. 2. Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy. O, thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case? --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cub \Cub\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Cubbed} (k[u^]bd); p. pr & vb n. {Cubbing}.] To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons. ``Cubb'd in a cabin.'' --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cub \Cub\, n. [Cf. {Cub} a young animal.] 1. A stall for cattle. [Obs.] I would rather have such . . . .in cub or kennel than in my closet or at my table. --Landor. 2. A cupboard. [Obs.] --Laud. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cub \Cub\, v. t. To shut up or confine. [Obs.] --Burton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cub n 1: an awkward and inexperienced youth [syn: {greenhorn}, {rookie}] 2: a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) [syn: {lad}, {laddie}, {sonny}, {sonny boy}] 3: the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion [syn: {young carnivore}] v : give birth to cubs, as of bears, for example
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