stub

se cogner l’orteil

Se cogner douloureusement un orteil contre un objet dur.

En anglais simple : To hit your toe painfully against something hard.

• I always stub my toe here.
• She stubbed her toe on the bed.
• Did you stub your toe against the door?

Comment l'utiliser : stub your toe on/against something (I stubbed my toe on a chair leg.)

Expressions courantes : stub your toe, stub a toe

écraser, éteindre

Éteindre une cigarette ou un objet similaire en pressant et en écrasant son bout allumé.

En anglais simple : To stop a cigarette or something similar from burning by pressing and crushing its burning end.

• Please stub out your cigarette.
• He stubbed his cigar out in the ashtray.
• She used her heel to stub out the burning end.

Comment l'utiliser : stub something out (She stubbed her cigarette out before entering.); stub out something (He stubbed out the cigar.)

Synonymes : extinguish, put out

Expressions courantes : stub out something, stub something out

déraciner, dessoucher

Retirer une plante de la terre avec ses racines.

En anglais simple : To remove a plant from the ground, including its roots.

• They had to stub out the old hedge.
• The farmer stubbed the field before planting wheat.
• Workers stubbed up the bushes along the fence.

Comment l'utiliser : stub out/up something (They stubbed out the unwanted bushes.)

Synonymes : uproot, grub up

Expressions courantes : stub out something, stub a field, stub up something

bout, mégot

Petit morceau qui reste lorsque la plus grande partie d’une chose a été utilisée ou usée.

En anglais simple : A short piece left after most of something has been used or worn away.

• Only a stub of the candle remained.
• She wrote with a tiny pencil stub.
• Cigarette stubs filled the old ashtray.

Comment l'utiliser : a stub of something (A stub of chalk lay on the table.)

Synonymes : butt, remnant

Expressions courantes : pencil stub, cigarette stub, candle stub

talon, souche

Petite partie d’un billet ou d’un chèque que l’on conserve comme preuve ou comme trace.

En anglais simple : The small part of a ticket or cheque you keep as proof or a record.

• Keep your ticket stub.
• She saved the concert stubs in a box.
• The cheque stub showed the amount he had paid.

Synonymes : counterfoil

Expressions courantes : ticket stub, check stub, keep the stub, receipt stub

moignon, bout

Petit morceau à bout non pointu qui dépasse là où quelque chose a été coupé ou cassé.

En anglais simple : A short, blunt piece sticking out where something has been cut or broken.

• A short stub stuck out of the trunk.
• The broken handle left a sharp-edged stub.
• He trimmed the branch stubs close to the tree.

Comment l'utiliser : a stub of something (A stub of the broken branch remained.)

Synonymes : stump

Expressions courantes : branch stub, short stub, stub of something

ébauche

Article très court qui doit être complété par d’autres informations.

En anglais simple : A very short article that needs more information added later.

• This page is only a stub.
• An editor expanded the stub with more information.
• Many articles about small villages remain stubs.

Expressions courantes : article stub, expand a stub, stub article