cub : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cub	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cub n an awkward and inexperienced youth [syn: cub, greenhorn, rookie] a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) Synonym(s): cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion Synonym(s): cub, young carnivore v give birth to cubs; "bears cub every year"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cub \Cub\ (k[ucr]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[ucr]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cubbing}.] To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons. [bd]Cubb'd in a cabin.[b8] --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.