cub
noun
the young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
cubbed
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past participleof cub.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof cub.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
cubnounthe young of certain animals, as the bear, lion, or tiger.
Example Sentences
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Stauffer cubbed on the Emporia Gazette, became a reporter and copyreader on the Kansas City Star, where he worked five years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Later, he cubbed on a provincial paper, did his brief stint on the Times and went up to Manchester to become a reporter on the Evening News.
From Time Magazine Archive
He set type and cubbed in the summers on nearby weeklies.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had cubbed for his new job on the Star by pinch-hitting for ailing Wolcott Gibbs in the New Yorker last season.
From Time Magazine Archive
Upon my inquiry of Big Bill respecting his operations on the previous day, he replied that he "guessed he had been occupied in running away from the biggest grizzly bear that ever was cubbed."
From Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Africa and America — Volume 1 by Sir Samuel White Baker
