sub

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Abbreviation of submarine.
Clipping of submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.
- We can get subs at that deli.
Clipping of submersible.
Clipping of substitute, often in sports or teaching.
- With the score 4 to 1, they brought in subs.
- She worked as a sub until she got her teaching certificate.
Clipping of subscription (“a payment made for membership of a club, etc.”).
Clipping of subtitle.
- I've just noticed a mistake in the subs for this film.
Clipping of subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does)
Clipping of subeditor.
Clipping of subcontractor.
Clipping of subwoofer.
Clipping of submission (of a work for publication).
Clipping of submissive.
Clipping of subordinate.
Clipping of subaltern.
Clipping of subscription (or a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.
- I'm totally stoked; just got 10 new subs after my last video.
Clipping of subsistence money, part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished.
Clipping of subreddit.
- That sub had so much politics to the point that I unfollowed it entirely.
Clipping of subject (“particular area of study”)
Clipping of subliminal (“an audio or video recording intended to produce physical or psychological changes in the listener”)

To substitute for.
To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
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.
To bring on (a player) as a substitute.
- He was subbed on half way through the second half, and scored within minutes.
To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
To subtitle (usually a film or television program).
To lend (a person) money.
To subscribe.
To take a submissive role.

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

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