sub

[ US /ˈsəb/ ]
[ UK /sˈʌb/ ]
NOUN
  1. a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
  2. a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
VERB
  1. be a substitute
    The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet
    The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague
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How To Use sub In A Sentence

  • They will also force schools to put more emphasis on teaching basic subjects.
  • A substantial element of the system is the set of physical exercises performed in pairs and again based on the idea of the power of co-operation.
  • She is also part of a large group of oceanographers and taphonomists of the SSETI project (Shelf / Slope Taphonomic Initiative) examining carbonate preservation and destruction across the shelf and slope regions in Gulf of Mexico and Bahamas using submersibles.
  • The performance had the legislature, including the subjects of the barbs, rocking with laughter.
  • There will always be debate about who deserves honours, all of it highly subjective.
  • The tax assessor determined that the property was subject to taxation based on its infrequent use for religious purposes. Christianity Today
  • For a very long time I loved the idea of writing but did very little - I published a few stories, and workshopped myself into submission.
  • You submit to subterfuge, you replace your ordinary parents by a little less ordinary, but still quite ordinary folks, Katrien and the commissaris. Just a Corpse at Twilight
  • It felt like chewing string dipped in weed killer, but within a couple of minutes the trembling in his limbs gave way to a kind of enervated thrumming and the pounding in his head subsided to a manageable level. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
  • Added to which there is a large increase in the fees receivable in 1994 to a level of almost £123,000 which accounts for the large increase in the gross profit over the previous and subsequent years.
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