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grub
[gruhb] 
noun, verb, grubbed, grub⋅bing.–noun
| 1. | the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle. |
| 2. | a dull, plodding person; drudge. |
| 3. | an unkempt person. |
| 4. | Slang. food; victuals. |
| 5. | any remaining roots or stumps after cutting vegetation to clear land for farming. |
–verb (used with object)
| 6. | to dig; clear of roots, stumps, etc. |
| 7. | to dig up by the roots; uproot (often fol. by up or out). |
| 8. | Slang. to supply with food; feed. |
| 9. | Slang. to scrounge: to grub a cigarette. |
–verb (used without object)
| 10. | to dig; search by or as if by digging: We grubbed through piles of old junk to find the deed. |
| 11. | to lead a laborious or groveling life; drudge: It's wonderful to have money after having to grub for so many years. |
| 12. | to engage in laborious study. |
| 13. | Slang. to eat; take food. |
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| grub (grŭb) v. grubbed, grub·bing, grubs v. tr.
[Middle English grubben, from Old English *grybban; see ghrebh-2 in Indo-European roots.] grub'ber n. |
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Grub
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
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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Language Translation for : grub
Spanish:
larva, gusano,
German:
die Larve,
Japanese:
幼虫
grub (v.)
c.1300, from hypothetical O.E. *grubbian, from W.Gmc. *grubbjan (cf. O.H.G. grubilon "to dig, search," Ger. grübeln "to meditate, ponder"), from P.Gmc. *grub- "to dig," base of O.E. grafan (see grave (v.)). The noun sense of "larva" (c.1400) is perhaps from the notion of "digging insect," or from the possibly unrelated M.E. grub "dwarfish fellow." The slang sense of "food" is first recorded 1659, said to be from birds eating grubs, but also often linked with bub "drink." Grubby is c.1845, from grub (n.) in a sense of "dirty child," who presumably got that way from digging in earth.
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Main Entry: grub
Pronunciation: 'gr&b
Function: noun
: a soft thick wormlike larva of an insect
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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