[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cub \cub\, v. t.
   to shut up or confine. obs. --burton.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cub \cub\ ku^b, n. cf. ir. cuib cub, whelp, young dog, ir.
    gael. cu dog; akin to e. hound.
   1. a young animal, esp. the young of the bear.
      1913 webster

   2. jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward,
      rude, ill-mannered boy.
      1913 webster

            o, thou dissembling cub what wilt thou be
            when time hath sowed a grizzle on thy case? --shak.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cub \cub\, v. t.  i. imp.  p. p. cubbed ku^bd; p. pr. 
   vb. n. cubbing.
   to bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of
   persons. "cubb'd in a cabin." --dryden.
   1913 webster
see also:
cubbed cubbing 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cub \cub\, n. cf. cub a young animal.
   1. a stall for cattle. obs.
      1913 webster

            i would rather have such . . . .in cub or kennel
            than in my closet or at my table.     --landor.
      1913 webster

   2. a cupboard. obs. --laud.
      1913 webster
see also:
cub 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cub
     n 1: an awkward and inexperienced youth syn: greenhorn, rookie
     2: a male child a familiar term of address to a boy syn: lad,
         laddie, sonny, sonny boy
     3: the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or
        wolf or lion syn: young carnivore
     v : give birth to cubs; "bears cub every year"
     also: cubbing, cubbed
see also:
greenhorn rookie lad laddie sonny sonny boy 
young carnivore cubbing cubbed 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

51 moby thesaurus words for "cub":
   birdling, boy, bub, bubba, buck, bud, buddy, calf, catling, chick,
   chickling, chicky, colt, dogie, duckling, fawn, fellow, fledgling,
   foal, fryer, gosling, hobbledehoy, kid, kit, kitten, lad, laddie,
   lamb, lambkin, litter, manchild, master, muchacho, nest, nestling,
   piglet, pigling, polliwog, pullet, pup, puppy, schoolboy, shoat,
   sonny, sonny boy, tadpole, weaner, whelp, yeanling, young man,
   youth

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