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GRUB definition: 1. an insect in the stage when it has just come out of its egg: 2. food: 3. to search for…. Learn more.
1. a. : to dig in the ground especially for something that is difficult to find or extract. b. : to search about. grubbed in the countryside for food Lamp. 2. : toil, drudge. grubbing along at newspaper jobs Walter Kirn. grubber noun. 2 of 2. noun.
The noun grub can refer either to a soft, young insect or to hearty food. If your best friend invites you over for some grub, don't worry — she almost certainly means the food and not the bugs.
Grub definition: the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.. See examples of GRUB used in a sentence.
GRUB meaning: 1. an insect in the stage when it has just come out of its egg: 2. food: 3. to search for…. Learn more.
1. (when: tr, often foll by up or out) to search for and pull up (roots, stumps, etc) by digging in the ground. 2. to dig up the surface of (ground, soil, etc), esp to clear away roots, stumps, etc. 3. ( intr; often foll by in or among) to search carefully.
A grub is a young insect which has just come out of an egg and looks like a short fat worm. 2. uncountable noun. Grub is food. [informal] Get yourself some grub and come and sit down. Synonyms: food, feed, rations, tack [informal] More Synonyms of grub. 3. verb. If you grub around, you search for something.
Noun. Filter. verb. grubbed, grubbing, grubs. To clear (ground) of roots and stumps by digging them up. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To dig up by or as by the roots; root out; uproot. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To work hard, esp. at something menial or tedious; drudge. Webster's New World. To dig in the ground.
GRUB definition: 1. food 2. a young, developing insect that has a fat, white tube shape. Learn more.
n. Insects [ countable] the thick-bodied, sluggish young of certain insects, esp. the beetle. Slang Terms food:[ uncountable] How's the grub in that place? v. to dig out of the ground: [ ~ + object] The birds grubbed worms. [ no object] They were grubbing for worms. Slang Terms to scrounge:[ ~ + object] to grub a cigarette.
