sub in English dictionary

  • sub

    Meanings and definitions of "sub"

    • A submarine.
    • A submarine sandwich—a sandwich made on a long bun.
    • (US, informal) A substitute.
    • (UK, informal) A substitute in a football (soccer) game: someone who comes on in place of another player part way through the game.
    • (UK, informal, often in plural) Short for subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.
    • (informal) A submissive in BDSM practices.
    • (Internet, informal) Short for subtitle.
    • (computing, programming) A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does).
    • (US, informal) To substitute for.
    • (US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
    • (UK, informal) (soccer) To replace (a player) with a substitute.
    • (UK, informal) (soccer) Less commonly, and often as sub on , to bring on (a player) as a substitute.
    • (UK) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
    • Under.
    • noun
      A submarine.
    • noun
      A submarine sandwich—a sandwich made on a long bun.
    • noun
      (US, informal)
      A substitute.
    • noun
      (Britain, informal)
      A substitute in a football (soccer) game: someone who comes on in place of another player part way through the game.
    • noun
      (Britain, informal, often in plural)
      A subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.
    • noun
      (informal)
      A submissive in BDSM practices.
    • noun
      (Internet, informal)
      A subtitle.
    • noun
      (computing, programming)
      A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does).
    • noun
      (colloquial)
      A subeditor.
    • noun
      (colloquial, dated)
      A subordinate.
    • noun
      (colloquial, dated)
      A subaltern.
    • adposition
      Under.
    • verb
      To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
    • verb
      (microscopy)
      To prepare (a slide) with an layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.
    • verb
      (US, informal)
      To substitute for.
    • verb
      (US, informal)
      To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
    • verb
      (Britain, informal, soccer)
      To replace (a player) with a substitute.
    • verb
      (Britain, informal, soccer)
      Less commonly, and often as sub on, to bring on (a player) as a substitute.
    • verb
      (Britain)
      To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
    • verb
      (Britain, slang, transitive)
      To lend.
    • verb
      (slang, intransitive)
      To subscribe.
    • verb
      (BDSM)
      To take a submissive role.
    • a submarine
    • noun
      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
    • noun
      a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
    • verb
      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"

    Synonyms of "sub" in English dictionary

    hero, wedge, poor boy are the top synonyms of "sub" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of sub

    • sub ( third-person singular simple present subs, present participle subbing, simple past and past participle subbed)
    • sub ( plural  subs)
    • sub (plural subs)
    • sub (third-person singular simple present subs, present participle subbing, simple past and past participle subbed)
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