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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

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]


VERB (1)

1. give birth to cubs;
- Example: "bears cub every year"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward, rude, ill-mannered boy. [1913 Webster] O, thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cub \Cub\, n. [Cf. Cub a young animal.] 1. A stall for cattle. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I would rather have such . . . .in cub or kennel than in my closet or at my table. --Landor. [1913 Webster] 2. A cupboard. [Obs.] --Laud. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cub \Cub\, v. t. To shut up or confine. [Obs.] --Burton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

51 Moby Thesaurus words for "cub": birdling, boy, bub, bubba, buck, bud, buddy, calf, catling, chick, chickling, chicky, colt, dogie, duckling, fawn, fellow, fledgling, foal, fryer, gosling, hobbledehoy, kid, kit, kitten, lad, laddie, lamb, lambkin, litter, manchild, master, muchacho, nest, nestling, piglet, pigling, polliwog, pullet, pup, puppy, schoolboy, shoat, sonny, sonny boy, tadpole, weaner, whelp, yeanling, young man, youth