Word Finder - dub

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To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword.

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To name, to entitle, to call.

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To deem.

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To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.

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(heading) To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.

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To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.

The lack of a Japanese dub is very disappointing.

Effie explained effusively how she and her sister had spent the day resurrecting their long lost great-aunt, whom Dean wondered if they were about to dub Saint Annie.

In the middle ages it was a common practice for sovereigns and princes to dub each other knights much as they were afterwards, and are now, in the habit of exchanging the stars and ribbons of their orders.

Long before his death he realized that he had outlived his own principles, and many of his former admirers had commenced to dub him a "rank conservative," whose political aims and reforms were no longer adequate.

The only British representative is Cynodon Dactylon (dog's tooth, Bermuda grass) found on sandy shores in the south-west of England; it is a cosmopolitan, covering the ground in sandy soils, and forming an important forage grass in many dry climates (Bermuda grass of the southern United States, and known as durba, dub and other names in India).

It's not just the infectious nature of heavy dub bass and ska chops over a hip-hop backbeat that gets them moving.

I had the dread that others would dub me as someone who simply didn't belong within this assemblage of young Bohemians.

They take disco, dub, funk and jazz - and fuse the lot into a heady cocktail of nightclub magic.

For Anderson, however, I have to go with the English dub.

It starts with moody space-age dub poetry in Bigga's ' dub poetry in Bigga's ' Dub An FX ' .

Also, he's done a dub reggae DJ mix cd.

Gleefully unreconstructed punks, they thieve equally from the Sex Pistols the Dead Kennedys and the Clash's weakness for dub reggae.

It seems certain that the word " dub " means to strike, and the usage is as old as the knighting of Henry by William the Conqueror (supra, pp. 851, 852).

Here lies the power and the glory of reggae dub at its magnificent best.

Aimed at more tribal floors, it 's the ' Dub ' mix which is the true standout.

Playing an upfront set with a few anthems along with some dub plates.

Some debt consolidation services dub themselves Christian simply to get more business.

This transformation into a useless "brick" has caused Symantec to dub it the "Trojan.PSPBrick."

When the heart beats, normally it makes two sounds, "lubb" when the valves between the atria and ventricles close, and "dupp" or "dub" when the valves between the ventricles and the major arteries close.

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB) is prolonged or heavy bleeding that often occurs in a menstrual cycle where ovulation did not occur.

Although DUB is quite common in the first few years after menstruation starts, it can be frightening and should always be reported to a physician.

Pine Crest Funeral Homes & Cemeteries offers a full range of services for what they dub "Death Care."

This track from her new album sees her playing her dub and ragga cards well.

She watched from the family room window as he wolfed the food - a habit that had prompted Cade to dub him Scruffy.

The performances in the original dub are more even, however, and that consistency makes all the difference.

Aimed at more tribal floors, it's the ' Dub ' mix which is the true standout.

Gleefully unreconstructed punks, they thieve equally from the Sex Pistols the Dead Kennedys and the Clash 's weakness for dub reggae.

The derivation of " adouber," corresponding to " dub," from " adoptare," which is given by Du Cange, and would connect the ceremony with " adoptio per arma," is certainly inaccurate.

The town lies between the valleys of the Ehen and its tributary the Dub Beck, in a district rich in coal and iron ore.