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▸ verb: (US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
▸ verb: (British, informal, soccer) To replace (a player) with a substitute.
▸ verb: (British, informal, soccer, less common, often as "sub on") To bring on (a player) as a substitute.
▸ verb: (British) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
▸ verb: (slang, Internet, transitive) To subtitle (usually a film or television program).
▸ verb: (UK, slang, transitive) To lend (a person) money.
▸ verb: (slang, intransitive) To subscribe.
▸ verb: (BDSM) To take a submissive role.
▸ verb: To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
▸ verb: (microscopy) To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.
▸ noun: Abbreviation of submarine. [(nautical) A boat that can go underwater.]
▸ noun: Short for submarine sandwich.: a sandwich made on a long bun. [(US, Canada) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll split lengthwise.]
▸ noun: (nautical) Clipping of submersible. [(British) A small nonmilitary, non-nuclear submarine for exploration.]
▸ noun: (informal) Clipping of substitute, often in sports or teaching. [A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.]
▸ noun: (British, informal, often in plural) Clipping of subscription (a payment made for membership of a club, etc.) [Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.]
▸ noun: (Internet, informal) Clipping of subtitle. [(authorship) A heading below or after a title.]
▸ noun: (computing, programming) Clipping of subroutine. (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does) [(computer science) A section of code, called by the main body of a program, that implements a task.]
▸ noun: (colloquial) Clipping of subeditor. [An assistant editor, usually in a specific department of a newspaper.]
▸ noun: (colloquial) Clipping of subcontractor. [A contractor hired by a general contractor employed by the contractor rather than directly hired by the customer.]
▸ noun: (slang) Clipping of subwoofer. [A loudspeaker designed to produce low-frequency sound, especially subbass.]
▸ noun: (publishing, colloquial) Clipping of submission (of a work for publication) [The act of submitting or yielding; surrender.]
▸ noun: (BDSM, informal) Clipping of submissive. [(BDSM) One who submits to a dominating partner in BDSM practices.]
▸ noun: (colloquial, dated) Clipping of subordinate. [(countable) One who is subordinate.]
▸ noun: (colloquial, dated) Clipping of subaltern. [A subordinate.]
▸ noun: (colloquial, Internet) Clipping of subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed. [Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.]
▸ noun: (colloquial) Short for subsistence money (part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished)
▸ noun: (Internet slang) Short for subreddit. [(Internet) Any of the subforums, generally intended for discussion of a specific topic, on the Reddit web site.]
▸ noun: (Philippines, colloquial) Clipping of subject (“particular area of study”). [(grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.]
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