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sub

See also: sub-, sub., and ␚

EnglishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • enPR: sŭb, IPA(key): /sʌb/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌb
  • Hyphenation: sub

Etymology 1Edit

Shortened form of any of various words beginning with sub-.

NounEdit

sub (plural subs)

  1. A submarine.
    • 1989, James Cameron, The Abyss, spoken by Alan "Hippy" Carnes (Todd Graff):
      You know, we got Russian subs creepin' around; anythin' goes wrong they can say whatever they want happened! Give their folks medals!
  2. A submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.
    We can get subs at that deli.
  3. (informal) A substitute, often in sports or teaching.
    With the score 4 to 1, they brought in subs.
    She worked as a sub until she got her teaching certificate.
    • 1930, Boy's Live, Philip Scruggs, There Can Be Victory, page 20
      At any other school you would be playing varsity, and Wallace has you pigeon-holed on the subs." "Maybe he has his reasons," Jim replied. "And he hasn't pigeon-holed me on the subs yet — not this season.
  4. (Britain, informal, often in plural) A subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.
    • 1951, H. L. Gold, “Annual Report” in Galaxy Science Fiction, volume 2, number 6, page 2:
      According to the best available information, GALAXY has several times as many subs as any other science fiction magazine!
  5. (Internet, informal) A subtitle.
    I've just noticed a mistake in the subs for this film.
  6. (computing, programming) A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does).
    • 2002, Nathan Patwardhan, Ellen Siever, Stephen Spainhour, Perl in a nutshell
      The default accessor can be overridden by declaring a sub of the same name in the package.
    • 2004, P. K. McBride, Introductory Visual Basic.NET (page 49)
      So far, all the subs and functions that we have used have been those built into the system, or those written to handle events from controls […]
  7. (colloquial) A subeditor.
  8. (colloquial) A subcontractor.
  9. (slang) A subwoofer.
  10. (BDSM, informal) A submissive.
    • 2004, Paul Baker, Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang:
      […] roleplay where a sub or bottom takes care of a top's bodily and hygiene needs […]
    • 2007, Laurell K Hamilton, The Harlequin:
      "It means that I'm both a sub and a dom." "Submissive and dominant," I said. He nodded.
    • 2008, Lannie Rose, How to Change Your Sex:
      Typically a dom and a sub have a more or less standard routine that they like to go through all the time.
  11. (colloquial, dated) A subordinate.
  12. (colloquial, dated) A subaltern.
    • 1911, J. Milton Hayes, The Green Eye of the Yellow God
      He was known as 'Mad Carew' by the subs at Khatmandu,
      He was hotter than they felt inclined to tell;
      But for all his foolish pranks, he was worshipped in the ranks,
      And the Colonel's daughter smiled on him as well.
  13. (colloquial, Internet) A subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.
    I'm totally stoked; just got 10 new subs after my last video.
  14. (colloquial) Subsistence money: part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished.
  15. (Internet slang) Short for subreddit.
SynonymsEdit
HypernymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
submarine — See also translations at submarine
subtitle — See also translations at subtitle
computing: subroutine — see subroutine
subeditor — see subeditor
subcontractor — see subcontractor
subordinate — see subordinate
subwoofer — see subwoofer
subaltern — see subaltern

VerbEdit

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

  1. (US, informal) To substitute for.
  2. (US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
  3. (Britain, informal, soccer) To replace (a player) with a substitute.
    He never really made a contribution to the match, so it was no surprise when he was subbed at half time.
  4. (Britain, informal, soccer) Less commonly, and often as sub on, to bring on (a player) as a substitute.
    He was subbed on half way through the second half, and scored within minutes.
  5. (Britain) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
  6. (slang, Internet, transitive) To subtitle (usually a film or television program).
  7. (UK, slang, transitive) To lend.
    • 2011, Rowland Rivron, What the F*** Did I Do Last Night?:
      I kept up the pleasantries as we were drying our hands and, realizing I didn't have any change for the lodger, I asked him, one drummer to another like, if he could sub me a quid for the dish.
  8. (slang, intransitive) To subscribe.
  9. (BDSM) To take a submissive role.
    • 2012, Alicia White, Jessica's Breakdown (page 53)
      You've never subbed before. Jessica will be expecting a man on stage that follows orders and enjoys what she's going to be doing. Do you want to be spanked? Possibly whipped?
    • 2012, Tiffany Reisz, Little Red Riding Crop:
      Wasn't like she'd never subbed before. She'd been a sub longer than she'd been a Dominatrix–ten years she'd spent in a collar.
Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

  • switch (one who is willing to take either a sadistic or a masochistic role)

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin sub.

PrepositionEdit

sub

  1. Under.

VerbEdit

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

  1. To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
  2. (microscopy) To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.
    • 1997, Marina A. Lynch, S. M. O'Mara (editors), Ali D. Hames, D. Rickwood (series editors), Neuroscience Labfax, page 166,
      Ensure that gloves are worn when handling subbed slides. Although the following protocol describes subbing with gelatin, slides may also be coated with either 3-(triethoxysilyl-)propylamine (TESPA) or poly-L-lysine for in situ hybridization.

AnagramsEdit

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English sub.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

sub c (plural subs)

  1. submarine, sub

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin sub.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [sub]
  • Hyphenation: sub

PrepositionEdit

sub

  1. under, below

AntonymsEdit

IdoEdit

PrepositionEdit

sub

  1. under, below

ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Clipping of subacqueo.

NounEdit

sub m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. skin-diver, scuba diver
    Synonym: subacqueo

Etymology 2Edit

Clipping of English submissive.

NounEdit

sub m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. bottom, submissive (BDSM partner)
See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ sub in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Italic *supo, from Proto-Indo-European *upó.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

sub (+ accusative, ablative)

  1. (with ablative) under, beneath
  2. (with ablative) behind
  3. (with ablative) at the feet of
  4. (with ablative) within, during
  5. (with ablative) about, around (time); just before, just after, shortly before, shortly after
  6. (with accusative) under, up to, up under, close to (of a motion)
  7. (with accusative) until, before, up to, about

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Old Galician-Portuguese: sob
    • Galician: so
    • Portuguese: sob
  • Old Spanish: so
    • Spanish: so (in certain fossilized expressions)
  • → English: sub

ReferencesEdit

  • “sub”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “sub”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sub in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sub in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • at the foot of the mountain: sub radicibus montis, in infimo monte, sub monte
    • in the open air: sub divo
    • to come within the sphere of the senses: sub sensum or sub oculos, sub aspectum cadere
    • to come within the sphere of the senses: sensibus or sub sensus subiectum esse
    • to have to submit to the uncertainties of fortune; to be subject to Fortune's caprice: sub varios incertosque casus subiectum esse
    • to be comprised under the term 'fear.: sub metum subiectum esse
    • to represent a thing vividly: oculis or sub oculos, sub aspectum subicere aliquid
    • graphic depiction: rerum sub aspectum paene subiectio (De Or. 3. 53. 202)
    • to give a general idea of a thing: sub unum aspectum subicere aliquid
    • to sell a prisoner of war as a slave: aliquem sub corona vendere (B. G. 3. 16)
    • the case is still undecided: adhuc sub iudice lis est (Hor. A. P. 77)
    • to occupy the foot of a hill: considere sub monte (sub montis radicibus)
    • the free men are sold as slaves: libera corpora sub corona (hasta) veneunt (B. G. 3. 16. 4)
    • to be subject to some one, under some one's dominion: sub imperio et dicione alicuius esse

RomanianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin subtus, from sub, from Proto-Italic *supo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo. Compare Aromanian sum.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

sub (+accusative)

  1. under, below, beneath, underneath

Derived termsEdit

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsub/ [ˈsuβ̞]
  • Rhymes: -ub
  • Syllabification: sub

PrepositionEdit

sub

  1. under

SwedishEdit

NounEdit

sub c

  1. (slang) a subwoofer, a bass loudspeaker; Contraction of subwoofer.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of sub 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sub subben subbar subbarna
Genitive subs subbens subbars subbarnas

See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

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