sub : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sub	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for sub
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sub n 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 Synonym(s): bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes Synonym(s): submarine, pigboat, sub, U-boat v 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" Synonym(s): substitute, sub, stand in, fill in
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sub- \Sub-\ [L. sub under, below; akin to Gr. [?], Skr. upa to, on, under, over. Cf. {Hypo-}, {Super-}.] 1. A prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence often, in an inferior position or degree, in an imperfect or partial state, as in subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid, subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin compounds often becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-, suf-, sug-, and sup- before c, f, g, and p respectively. Before c, p, and t it sometimes takes form sus- (by the dropping of b from a collateral form, subs-). 2. (Chem.) A prefix denoting that the ingredient (of a compound) signified by the term to which it is prefixed,is present in only a small proportion, or less than the normal amount; as, subsulphide, suboxide, etc. Prefixed to the name of a salt it is equivalent to basic; as, subacetate or basic acetate. [Obsoles.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sub \Sub\, n. A subordinate; a subaltern. [Colloq.]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SUB {Substitute}