Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cub
Participle: cubbed
Gerund: cubbing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cub |
| you | cub |
| he;she;it | cubs |
| we | cub |
| you | cub |
| they | cub |
Perfect
| I | have cubbed |
| you | have cubbed |
| he;she;it | has cubbed |
| we | have cubbed |
| you | have cubbed |
| they | have cubbed |
Past
| I | cubbed |
| you | cubbed |
| he;she;it | cubbed |
| we | cubbed |
| you | cubbed |
| they | cubbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had cubbed |
| you | had cubbed |
| he;she;it | had cubbed |
| we | had cubbed |
| you | had cubbed |
| they | had cubbed |
Future
| I | will cub |
| you | will cub |
| he;she;it | will cub |
| we | will cub |
| you | will cub |
| they | will cub |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cubbed |
| you | will have cubbed |
| he;she;it | will have cubbed |
| we | will have cubbed |
| you | will have cubbed |
| they | will have cubbed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cub |
| you | cub |
| he;she;it | cub |
| we | cub |
| you | cub |
| they | cub |
Perfect
| I | have cubbed |
| you | have cubbed |
| he;she;it | have cubbed |
| we | have cubbed |
| you | have cubbed |
| they | have cubbed |
Imperfect
| I | cubbed |
| you | cubbed |
| he;she;it | cubbed |
| we | cubbed |
| you | cubbed |
| they | cubbed |
Pluperfect
| I | had cubbed |
| you | had cubbed |
| he;she;it | had cubbed |
| we | had cubbed |
| you | had cubbed |
| they | had cubbed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cub |
| you | would cub |
| he;she;it | would cub |
| we | would cub |
| you | would cub |
| they | would cub |
Perfect
| I | would have cubbed |
| you | would have cubbed |
| he;she;it | would have cubbed |
| we | would have cubbed |
| you | would have cubbed |
| they | would have cubbed |
Imperative
| you | cub |
| we | Let's cub |
| you | cub |
Verbs conjugated like 'cub'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cub'
bub,
cab,
club,
cob,
cube,
cud,
cue,
cun,
cup,
curb,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From earlier cubbe. Origin unknown. According to Pokorny, from Proto-Germanic *kubb-, from Proto-Indo-European *gup- (“round object, knoll”), from *gew- (“to bend, curve, convex, arch, vault”). Related terms include cup (cf. cupboard), coffin, cove, etc, essentially “chamber”, thus cub maybe initially derived from the sense “den”, or maybe “womb”.
2. A probable cognate is also found in North Germanic: dialectal Swedish kubbe, kybbe, köbbe, kibb, Danish kippe (“calf”). Also compare Icelandic and Old Norse kobbi (“seal”), Old Irish cuib (“whelp”). Compare also English cob.
3. Originally, the meaning was specifically "young fox", in which sense it has largely replaced English whelp. See: Swedish '
kubbe', Danish '
kippe', English '
cob'.
Sample Sentences
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He knew that, only a few hours from London, the Hunt was cubbing over his ancestral and much-mortgaged acres, while his own horse ate its head off in a stable. [1943, Stuart Palmer, The Puzzle of the Silver Persian:]
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to fall from heaven to hell, to be cubbed up upon a sudden [1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:]