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Grub

Grub Meaning & Definition
Grub Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Grub?

[n] a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
[n] informal terms for a meal
[v] search about busily
[v] ask for and get free; be a parasite

Synonyms | Synonyms for Grub: bum | cadge | chow | chuck | eats | mooch | sponge

Related Terms | Find terms related to Grub: accumulate | amass | assemble | aurelia | beast of burden | beat | bore | bring together | burrow | caterpillar | chow | chrysalis | chuck | cocoon | collect | comb | cull | delve | dig | dig out | dig up | dike | dredge | drill | drive | drudge | eats | edibles | excavate | fag | feed | forage | furrow | galley slave | gather | gather in | get in | get together | glean | gouge | gouge out | greasy grind | grind | groove | grub up | grubber | grubbery | hack | hammer | hammer away | hireling | larva | lower | maggot | mercenary | mine | moil | muck | nurture | nymph | nympha | peg | peg away | pick | pick up | plod | plodder | pluck | plug | plug along | plug away | poke | pound away | provender | provisions | pupa | quarry | rake | rake up | ransack | root | round up | rummage | sap | scare up | scoop | scoop out | scrabble | scrape | scrape together | scrape up | scratch | search | shovel | sink | slave | slavey | slog | slogger | spade | swot | take up | toil | travail | trench | trough | tunnel | viands | victuals | wade through | wiggler | work away | workhorse | wriggler

See Also | fare | freeload | larva | leatherjacket | look for | maggot | obtain | search | seek

Grub In Webster's Dictionary

\Grub\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Grubbed}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Grubbing}.] [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. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

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