From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cub
n 1: an awkward and inexperienced youth [syn: cub,
greenhorn, rookie]
2: a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) [syn:
cub, lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy]
3: the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or
wolf or lion [syn: cub, young carnivore]
v 1: give birth to cubs; "bears cub every year"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cub \Cub\, v. t.
To shut up or confine. [Obs.] --Burton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cub \Cub\ (k[u^]b), n. [Cf. Ir. cuib cub, whelp, young dog, Ir.
& Gael. cu dog; akin to E. hound.]
1. A young animal, esp. the young of the bear.
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2. Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward,
rude, ill-mannered boy.
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O, thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be
When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case? --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cub \Cub\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Cubbed (k[u^]bd); p. pr. &
vb. n. Cubbing.]
To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of
persons. "Cubb'd in a cabin." --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cub \Cub\, n. [Cf. Cub a young animal.]
1. A stall for cattle. [Obs.]
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I would rather have such . . . .in cub or kennel
than in my closet or at my table. --Landor.
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2. A cupboard. [Obs.] --Laud.
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