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# cub

«cub» in Mova's school dictionary: **a baby animal, such as a young bear, lion, tiger, fox or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (cub, cubs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A cub is a baby animal, such as a young bear, lion, tiger, fox or wolf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cub/#m1)

2) A Cub or Cub Scout is a young member of the Scouts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cub/#m2)

3) Cub can also mean a young, inexperienced person, sometimes said teasingly or rudely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cub/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

maths: animals counted, often with their mother; things counted in groups of a family; science: mammals, how animals grow and look after their young; everyday life: zoos and nature films; Cub Scouts

### examples

- The bear has 3 cubs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cub/#x1)
- There are 4 lions and 9 cubs at the zoo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cub/#x2)
- Each cub eats 2 kg of meat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cub/#x3)
- How many cubs are there in 5 dens with 2 cubs each? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cub/#x4)
- The fox cubs played outside their den. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cub/#x5)
- The mother lion carries her cub. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cub/#x6)
- My brother joined the Cubs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cub/#x7)
- Bear cubs are born in winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cub/#x8)
- “Man!” he snapped. “A man’s cub. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cub/#x9)

### note

Thing counted. Trap: when counting all animals, add the mothers and the cubs. Baby cows are calves and baby dogs are puppies, not cubs.

### In the corpora

- [Black and brown bear cubs are born in the den in midwinter and are only about the size of a guinea pig.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/23-bears/11/)
- [Serengeti lions rest on rocky outcrops called kopjes, which give them shade, a lookout and safe dens for cubs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/5/)
- [Fewer than half of wild lion cubs survive their first two years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/124-the-lion-king-real-lions/16/)
- [Tigers have bright white spots on the backs of their black ears, which may help cubs follow their mother and send signals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/136-kung-fu-panda-real-tigers-and-cranes/8/)
- [An Arctic fox mother can have over ten cubs in a good lemming year.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/150-myth-check-do-lemmings-jump-off-cliffs/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cub» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cub/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.