sub

Meaning

Noun

1. Abbreviation of submarine.
2. Short for submarine sandwich.: a sandwich made on a long bun.
3. Clipping of submersible.
4. (informal) Clipping of substitute, often in sports or teaching.
5. (informal) Clipping of subscription (a payment made for membership of a club, etc.)
6. (informal) Clipping of subtitle.
7. Clipping of subroutine. (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does)
8. (colloquial) Clipping of subeditor.
9. (colloquial) Clipping of subcontractor.
10. (slang) Clipping of subwoofer.
11. (colloquial) Clipping of submission (of a work for publication)
12. (informal) Clipping of submissive.
13. (colloquial) Clipping of subordinate.
14. (colloquial) Clipping of subaltern.
15. (colloquial) Clipping of subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.
16. (colloquial) Short for subsistence money (part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished)
17. Short for subreddit.

Verb

1. (informal) To substitute for.
2. (informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
3. (informal) To replace (a player) with a substitute.
4. (informal) To bring on (a player) as a substitute.
5. To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
6. (slang) To subtitle (usually a film or television program).
7. (slang) To lend (a person) money.
8. (slang) To subscribe.
9. To take a submissive role.

Prep

Under.

Verb

1. To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
2. To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sʌb/

Etymology

* Shortened form of any of various words beginning with sub-.
* (lend a person money): From subsidize.