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Grub

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Noun

1. chow, chuck, eats, grub

informal terms for a meal

2. grub

a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects

Verb

3. bum, cadge, grub, mooch, sponge

ask for and get free; be a parasite

4. grub

search about busily

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Grub

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verbWord forms: grubs, grubbing or grubbed
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
4. (intransitive)
to work unceasingly, esp at a dull task or research
5. slang
to provide (a person) with food or (of a person) to take food
6. (transitive) slang, mainly US
to scrounge
to grub a cigarette
noun
7. 
the short legless larva of certain insects, esp beetles
8. slang
food; victuals
9. 
a person who works hard, esp in a dull plodding way
10. British informal
a dirty child

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Grub

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verb intransitiveWord forms: grubbed or ˈgrubbing
1. 
to dig in the ground
2. 
to work hard, esp. at something menial or tedious; drudge
3. 
to search about; rummage
4.  Slang, Obsolete
to eat
verb transitive
5. 
to clear (ground) of roots and stumps by digging them up
6. 
to dig up by or as by the roots; root out; uproot
noun
7. 
the short, fat, wormlike larva of certain insects, esp. of a beetle
8. 
a person who works hard at some menial or tedious work; drudge
9.  Slang
food

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Grub

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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.
2.
a. To search laboriously by or as if by digging; rummage.
b. 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.

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