stubbify

verb

Etymology

From stub + -ify.

  1. derived from *(s)tew-
  2. inherited from *stubbaz
  3. inherited from *stubb
  4. inherited from stybb
  5. inherited from stubbe
  6. formed as stubbify — “stub + -ify

Definitions

  1. To make (something) use stubs (placeholder procedures).

  2. To reduce (something) to a stub.

    • What should NOT be done to a weeping forsythia is to "stubbify" its branches halfway down. If a compact little shrub is needed, something small & compact shoiuld've^([sic]) been planted there in the first place.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for stubbify. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA