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grub

  [gruhb] noun, verb, grubbed, grub⋅bing.
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–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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME grubbe (n.), grubben (v.); akin to OHG grubilōn to dig, G grübeln to rack (the brain), ON gryfia hole, pit; see grave 1 , groove

Related forms:
grubber, noun
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grub   (grŭb)   
v.   grubbed, grub·bing, grubs

v.   tr.

  1. To dig up by or as if by the roots: grubbed carrots with a stick.

  2. To clear of roots and stumps by digging: grubbed a small plot.

  3. Slang To obtain by importunity: grub a cigarette.

v.   intr.

  1. To dig in the earth: grub for potatoes.

    1. To search laboriously by or as if by digging; rummage.

    2. To toil arduously; drudge: grub for a living.

n.  

  1. The thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects.

  2. A drudge.

  3. Slang Food.


[Middle English grubben, from Old English *grybban; see ghrebh-2 in Indo-European roots.]
grub'ber n.
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Medical Dictionary

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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