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SNUB

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Irregular inflected forms: snubbed    , snubbing   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A refusal to recognize someone you know

Example:

the snub was clearly intentional

Synonyms:

cold shoulder; cut; snub

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("snub" is a kind of...):

rebuff; slight (a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval))

Derivation:

snub (refuse to acknowledge)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An instance of driving away or warding off

Synonyms:

rebuff; repulse; snub

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("snub" is a kind of...):

rejection (the speech act of rejecting)

Derivation:

snub (reject outright and bluntly)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unusually short

Example:

a snub nose

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

short ((primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reject outright and bluntly

Example:

She snubbed his proposal

Synonyms:

rebuff; repel; snub

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "snub" is one way to...):

disdain; freeze off; pooh-pooh; reject; scorn; spurn; turn down (reject with contempt)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

snub (an instance of driving away or warding off)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Refuse to acknowledge

Example:

She cut him dead at the meeting

Synonyms:

cut; disregard; ignore; snub

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "snub" is one way to...):

do by; handle; treat (interact in a certain way)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

snub (a refusal to recognize someone you know)

Credits

 Context examples: 

At a particularly bad spot, where a ledge of barely submerged rocks jutted out into the river, Hans cast off the rope, and, while Thornton poled the boat out into the stream, ran down the bank with the end in his hand to snub the boat when it had cleared the ledge.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Hans and Pete moved along the bank, snubbing with a thin Manila rope from tree to tree, while Thornton remained in the boat, helping its descent by means of a pole, and shouting directions to the shore.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)