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stubble

/ˈstʌb.əl/

Translations

stubbleverb

stubbled

Past Simple

stubbled

Past Participle

stubbling

Gerund

Rare; chiefly agricultural or descriptive.

Synonyms

cut short

stubbleadjective

/ˈstʌb.əl/

Used attributively before another noun (e.g. stubble field, stubble burning).

Synonyms

stubblenoun

stubbles

щетина

He rubbed his chin, feeling the rough stubble.

Он потер подбородок, ощущая грубую щетину.

жнивьё

The field was covered in stubble after the harvest.

Поле было покрыто жнивьём после уборки урожая.

Additional translations

пеньки

короткая щетина

Synonyms

Definitions

stubbleverb

To harvest (a crop) so as to leave short stalks standing in the field.

After the wheat was stubbled, the field was ready for ploughing.

To cover or mark with short, stiff hairs.

His cheeks were stubbled with two days' growth.

stubbleadjective

Attributive: relating to crop stubble or to short, stiff facial hair.

Stubble burning is banned in many regions due to air-quality concerns.

stubblenoun

The short, stiff hairs that grow on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days.

He rubbed his chin, feeling the rough stubble that had grown over the weekend.

The short stalks left in a field after a crop, such as wheat, has been harvested.

The field was covered in stubble after the farmers had finished harvesting the wheat.