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cub Definition

cub (kub)

noun

  1. a young fox, wolf, bear, lion, tiger, whale, etc.
  2. an inexperienced, awkward youth
  3. Old-fashioned a novice newspaper reporter
  4. Cub Scout

Etymology: Early ModE cubbe, young fox < ? OIr cuib, whelp

cub Related Forms
cub·bish adjective
cub Synonyms

cub

n.

young, offspring, whelp, young bear, young fox, young lion, young tiger, young wolf; see also calf, child.

cub Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • orphan: Even worse, they find an orphaned badger cub.
  • bear: Young: 1 litter annually in March; 4 - 5 cubs born underground in an ' earth ' .
  • rear: The brief... To build an enclosure for tiger cubs reared in the zoo.
  • rescue: Last year they helped to rescue four cubs whose mothers had been killed.
  • feed: Bottle feeding Very young cubs taken from a damaged sett are difficult to get started on a bottle.
  • kill: Cubbing - the practice of training new hounds to kill fox cubs - began at the end of August.

Adjective modifier

  • dependent: There is a three month closed season from February to April to protect female badgers with dependent cubs.
  • tiny: For keeping this tiny fox cub in the surgery for two days we were charged £ 40.24.

Modifies a noun

  • scout: Cub Scouts can now also gain the Silver Award.
  • hitch: Bids back to your cover cub hitch platform to.
  • reporter: There was an advert in the back for a cub reporter, starting off at £ 5,000 a year.
  • hunting: Remember when they rebranded " cub hunting " as " autumn hunting " ?
  • pack: I was a member of the local cub pack during my time at Marham.
  • camp: I strongly suggest that this should be the case for most cub camps.

Noun used with modifier

  • cheetah: Cheetah cubs Four cheetah cubs are seen by the orthopedic team at the Queen Mother Hospital.
  • leopard: The leopard cubs I cannot believe how much bigger they have grown in the month I have been away!
  • badger: Badgers Two young badger cubs, courtesy of Gerald James.
  • fox: Three years ago I was asked, by a dairy farmer to collect an injured fox cub which had sought shelter in a barn.
  • lion: I've been in a lion cubs ' den with my children in South Africa.
  • tiger: Now to add to the role of honor comes Two Brothers, a film about two tiger cubs set in the wilds of Cambodia.

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