sub meaning
[ sʌb ] Pronunciation: "sub" in a sentence
Verb: sub (subbed,subbing) súb
- Be a substitute
- substitute, stand in, fill in
- [N. Amer] 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
- bomber [US], grinder [US], hero [N. Amer], hero sandwich [N. Amer], hoagie [N. Amer], hoagy [N. Amer], Cuban sandwich [N. Amer], Italian sandwich [N. Amer], poor boy [N. Amer], submarine [N. Amer], submarine sandwich [N. Amer], torpedo [US], wedge [US], zep [N. Amer] - A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
- submarine, pigboat, U-boat
- Under, lower, below, secondary, inferior
- under-
Derived forms: subbing, subbed, subs
See also: subbing
Type of: change, exchange, interchange, sandwich, submersible, submersible warship
Encyclopedia: Sub
[American slang]
1. in. to serve as a temporary replacement.
• I subbed for Mary in a couple of games.
• Then she subbed for me to even the score.
[Architecture]
On drawings, abbr. for “substitute.”
[Business]
verb [no obj] (-bb-)
to take the place of sb and do their job for a short time:
subbing for a sick colleague
[Electronics]
Abbreviation of subtract.
sub- Prefix denoting under, below, less than, or lower than, with respect to size, value, or rank. Compare SUPER-.
Examples
More: Next- one, an old barque, had been big enough for a sub to bother with and the sub had shelled her.
- one, an old barque, had been big enough for a sub to bother with and the sub had shelled her.
- l'm sorry, but l can't sub for anyone today
- sub-level caving mining with seam of thickness dirt band
- was there any edit sub-system in the application
