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NUB
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Example:
the nub of the story
Synonyms:
center; centre; core; essence; gist; heart; heart and soul; inwardness; kernel; marrow; meat; nitty-gritty; nub; pith; substance; sum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("nub" is a kind of...):
cognitive content; content; mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nub"):
bare bones ((plural) the most basic facts or elements)
hypostasis ((metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality)
haecceity; quiddity (the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other)
quintessence (the purest and most concentrated essence of something)
stuff (a critically important or characteristic component)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A small piece
Example:
a stub of a pencil
Synonyms:
nub; stub
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("nub" is a kind of...):
part; piece (a portion of a natural object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nub"):
nubbin (a small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn))
Sense 3
Meaning:
A small lump or protuberance
Synonyms:
nub; nubble
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("nub" is a kind of...):
bulge; bump; excrescence; extrusion; gibbosity; gibbousness; hump; jut; prominence; protrusion; protuberance; swelling (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings)
Derivation:
nubby (of textiles; having a rough surface)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb nub
