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  Nub \Nub\, v. t. [Cf. Knob.]
     To push; to nudge; also, to beckon. [Prov. Eng.]
     [1913 Webster]

  Nub \Nub\, n.
     A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or
     gist, as of a story. [Colloq.]
     [1913 Webster]

  Nub \Nub\, v. t. [Cf. Knob.]
     To push; to nudge; also, to beckon. [Prov. Eng.]

  Nub \Nub\, n.
     A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or
     gist, as of a story. [Colloq.]

  nub
       n 1: a small lump or protuberance [syn: nubble]
       2: a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil" [syn: stub]
       3: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some
          idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's
          argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party";
          "the nub of the story" [syn: kernel, substance, core,
           center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness,
           marrow, meat, pith, sum, nitty-gritty]

  nub
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk
  cocoon.
     2 A small lump or knob.
     3 The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
     4 (lb en slang) The clitoris.
     vb.
     1 (lb en baseball) To hit the ball weakly.
     2 To push; to nudge.
     3 To beckon.
     n.
     (lb en Internet slang) (alternative spelling of en noob).
     Translingual sym.
     (ISO 639 2&5 Nubian languages)

  nub
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk
  cocoon.
     2 A small lump or knob.
     3 The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
     4 (lb en slang) The clitoris.
     vb.
     1 (lb en baseball) To hit the ball weakly.
     2 To push; to nudge.
     3 To beckon.
     n.
     (lb en Internet slang) (alternative spelling of en noob).

  nub
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) The innermost section of a chrysalis in a silk
  cocoon.
     2 A small lump or knob.
     3 The essence or core of an issue, argument etc.
     4 (lb en slang) The clitoris.
     vb.
     1 (lb en baseball) To hit the ball weakly.
     2 To push; to nudge.
     3 To beckon.
     n.
     (lb en Internet slang) (alternative spelling of en noob).
     Translingual sym.
     (ISO 639 2&5 Nubian languages)

  nub
     Translingual sym.
     (ISO 639 2&5 Nubian languages)

  Nub /nˈʌb/
  الصميم

  nub //nʌb// 
  1. бучка
  a small lump or knob
  2. същност
  essence or core of an issue, argument etc.

  nub /nˈʌb/
  podstata

  nub /nˈʌb/
  jádro

  nub /nˈʌb/
  Stückchen , Stummel 

  nub /nˈʌb/ 
  1. केन्द्र बिन्दु
        "The nub of the problem is his arrogance."

  nub /nˈʌb/
  bit, grumen, kvrga, suština, zadebljanje

  nub /nˈʌb/
  1. csattanó
  2. kis darab
  3. dudorodás
  4. kis rög
  5. lényeg
  6. kinövés

  nub //nʌb// 
  1. tombol
  a small lump or knob
  2. inti, sari
  essence or core of an issue, argument etc.

  nub //nʌb// 
  kjerne
  essence or core of an issue, argument etc.

  nub /nˈʌb/
  1. yumru, yuvarlak çıkıntı
  2. (A.B.D.), (k. dili) öz, nüve (hikâye)

  
/ˈnəb/

  162 Moby Thesaurus words for "nub":
     axiom, axis, bench mark, bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob, boss,
     bow, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump, bunch, burl, button, cahot,
     cardinal point, center, center of action, center of gravity,
     centroid, centrum, chief thing, chine, climax, clump, condyle,
     convex, core, cornerstone, crisis, critical point, crux,
     dead center, distillate, distillation, dowel, ear, elixir,
     epicenter, essence, essential, essential matter, fabric, feel,
     finish, flange, flap, flower, focus, fundamental, gall, gist,
     gnarl, grain, granular texture, gravamen, great point, handle,
     heart, high point, hill, hub, hump, hunch, hypostasis,
     important thing, indentation, inner essence, issue, jog, joggle,
     kernel, keystone, knob, knot, knub, knur, knurl, landmark, lip,
     loop, lump, main point, main thing, marrow, material,
     material point, matter, meat, medium, medulla, metacenter, middle,
     milestone, mole, mountain, nap, nave, navel, nevus, nubbin, nubble,
     nucleus, nuts and bolts, omphalos, papilloma, peg, pile, pit, pith,
     pivot, pock, postulate, principle, protuberance, quid, quiddity,
     quintessence, real issue, rib, ridge, ring, salient point, sap,
     shag, short, shoulder, sine qua non, soul, spine, spirit,
     storm center, structure, stud, stuff, style, substance,
     substantive point, sum and substance, surface, surface texture,
     tab, texture, the bottom line, the nitty-gritty, the point,
     tubercle, tubercule, turning point, umbilicus, upshot, verruca,
     vesicle, wale, wart, weave, welt, woof
  
  

     n. 小块,瘤,结节,要点