sub

  • (noun): A submarine.
  • (noun): A submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.
  • (noun): A substitute, often in sports.
  • (noun): (often in plural) A subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.
  • (noun): A subtitle.
  • (noun): A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does).
  • (noun): A subeditor.
  • (noun): A subcontractor.
  • (noun): (BDSM) A submissive.
  • (noun): A subordinate.
  • (noun): A subaltern.
  • (noun): A subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.
  • (noun): Subsistence money: part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished.
  • (verb): To substitute for.
  • (verb): To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
  • (verb): To replace (a player) with a substitute.
  • (verb): Less commonly, and often as sub on, to bring on (a player) as a substitute.
  • (verb): To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
  • (verb): To lend.
  • (verb): To subscribe.
  • (verb): (BDSM) To take a submissive role.
  • We can get subs at that deli.
  • She worked as a sub until she got her teaching certificate.
  • I've just noticed a mistake in the subs for this film.
  • I'm totally stoked; just got 10 new subs after my last video.
  • He never really made a contribution to the match, so it was no surprise when he was subbed at half time.