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GRUB
grub
(noun) a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
chow, chuck, eats, grub
(noun) informal terms for a meal
grub
(verb) search about busily
mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge
(verb) ask for and get free; be a parasite
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
grub (countable and uncountable, plural grubs)
(countable) An immature stage in the life cycle of an insect; a larva.
Synonym: larva
(uncountable, slang) Food.
Synonym: Thesaurus:food
(obsolete) A short, thick man; a dwarf.
(Australia, slang) A dirty person.
(Australia, slang) A despicable person; a lowlife.
Verb
grub (third-person singular simple present grubs, present participle grubbing, simple past and past participle grubbed)
To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.
(ambitransitive) To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; often followed by up.
(slang, dated, transitive) To supply with food.
(slang, dated) To eat.
Anagrams
• -burg, Burg, burg
Source: Wiktionary
Grub, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grubbed, p. pr. & vb. n. Grubbing (.] Etym: [OE. grubbin., cf. E. grab, grope.]
1. To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging.
2. To drudge; to do menial work. Richardson.
Grub, v. t.
1. To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; -- followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge. They do not attempt to grub up the root of sin. Hare.
2. To supply with food. [Slang] Dickens.
Grub, n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith. Yet your butterfly was a grub. Shak.
2. A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] Carew.
3. Victuals; food. [Slang] Halliwell. Grub ax or axe, a kind of mattock used in grubbing up roots, etc.
– Grub breaker. Same as Grub hook (below).
– Grub hoe, a heavy hoe for grubbing.
– Grub hook, a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps, breaking roots, etc.
– Grub saw, a handsaw used for sawing marble.
– Grub Street, a street in London (now called Milton Street), described by Dr. Johnson as "much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet." As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production of, Grub Street. I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays. Gap.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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