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/kʌb/ · noun
The young of certain animals, chiefly large carnivorous mammals, including the bear, wolf, fox, lion and tiger..
a Childe of Lacedemon suffered all his belly and gutts to be torne out by a Cubbe or young Foxe, which he had stolne, and kept close under his garment, rather then he would discover his theft.
O, thou dissembling cub! what wilt thou be / When time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case?
He had also kept with him two wild young wives and several wilder cubs.
[...] I would rather have such a good mother in cub or kennel, than in my closet, or at my table.
Swain has interviewed 67 reporters on 16 metropolitan dailies in 10 cities — from cubs to veterans — who talk candidly […]
[…] from competing publications and the editors of publications that might buy freelance material from cubs.
Ew, I didn't know he also drew cub...
A man who reared ten cubs and three cutties.
Use cub when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cub means The young of certain animals, chiefly large carnivorous mammals, including the bear, wolf, fox, lion and tiger..
Common synonyms include cub reporter, lad, rookie, laddie.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
a Childe of Lacedemon suffered all his belly and gutts to be torne out by a Cubbe or young Foxe, which he had stolne, and kept close under his garment, rather then he would discover his theft.
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