SUB

Sub

Sub is a Finnish TV channel owned by Bonnier. The previous owner Alma Media sold Sub and its sister channels to Swedish Bonnier and Proventus in 2005.

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sub

Noun

  1. A submarine.
  2. A submarine sandwich—a sandwich made on a long bun.
    We can get subs at that deli.
  3. A substitute.
    With the score 4 to 1, they brought in subs.
    She worked as a sub until she got her teaching certificate.
  4. A substitute in a football (soccer) game: someone who comes on in place of another player part way through the game.
  5. Short for subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.
  6. A submissive in BDSM practices.
  7. Short for subtitle.
  8. A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does).
  9. A subordinate.
  10. A subaltern.

Verb

  1. To substitute for.
  2. To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
  3. To replace (a player) with a substitute.
    He never really made a contribution to the match, so it was no surprise when he was subbed at half time.
  4. Less commonly, and often as sub on, to bring on (a player) as a substitute.
    ''He was subbed on half way through the second half, and scored within minutes.
  5. To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
  6. To lend.
  7. To subscribe.
  8. To take a submissive role.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
  2. To prepare (a slide) with an layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.


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