Grub

[grʌb] or [ɡrʌb]

Definition

(noun.) a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects.

(verb.) search about busily.

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Definition

(v. i.) To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging.

(v. i.) To drudge; to do menial work.

(v. t.) To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; -- followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge.

(v. t.) To supply with food.

(n.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith.

(n.) A short, thick man; a dwarf.

(n.) Victuals; food.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Dig, eradicate, dig up, root up, root out, grub up.

v. n. Dig, be meanly employed.

n. [1]. Catterpillar, larva.[2]. [Colloquial.] Food.

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Definition

v.i. to dig in the dirt: to be occupied meanly: (slang) to eat.—v.t. to dig or root out of the ground (generally followed by up): (slang) to supply with victuals:—pr.p. grub′bing; pa.p. grubbed.—n. the larva of the beetle moth &c.: (slang) something to eat.—n. Grub′ber he who or that which grubs: an agricultural implement for grubbing out weeds &c. or for clearing and stirring up the soil with obliquely placed tines or teeth set in a frame and moved forward on wheels.—v.i. and v.t. Grub′ble to grope.—n. Grub′-street a street in London inhabited by booksellers' hacks and shabby writers generally.—adj. applied to any mean literary production.

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