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The word "stub" means put out a cigarette by pushing the end against something. Is this sentence grammatically correct? I wanna change the "put" into "putting", but someone told me it is the original sentence from an article written by a native speaker.

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The first sentence in your question is grammatically correct. Typically, definitions are phrased using the same grammatical structure as the word they define. E g. Eat means consume food Ate means consumed food Stub means put out ...

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