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grub  (grb)

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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[Middle English grubben, from Old English *grybban; see ghrebh-² in Indo-European roots.]

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grubber n.

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grub [grʌb]

vb grubs, grubbing, 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. (intr) 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. (tr) Slang chiefly US to scrounge to grub a cigarette

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the short legless larva of certain insects, esp beetles

2. Slang food; victuals

3. a person who works hard, esp in a dull plodding way

4. Brit informal a dirty child

[of Germanic origin; compare Old High German grubilōn to dig, German grübeln to rack one's brain, Middle Dutch grobben to scrape together; see grave³, groove]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grub - informal terms for a meal             chuck, eats, chow fare - the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed
	2.	grub - a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects larva - the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose maggot - the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter leatherjacket - tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies
Verb	1.	grub - ask for and get free; be a parasite bum, cadge, mooch, sponge obtain - come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?" freeload - live off somebody's generosity; "This young man refuses to work and is freeloading"
	2.	grub - search about busily look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"

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grub

noun

1. larva, maggot, caterpillar The grubs do their damage by tunnelling through ripened fruit.

2. (Slang) food, feed, rations, tack (informal), eats (slang), kai (N.Z. informal), sustenance, nosh (slang), victuals, nosebag (slang), vittles (obsolete or dialect) Get yourself some grub and come and sit down.

verb

1. search, hunt, scour, ferret, rummage, forage, fossick (Austral. & N.Z.) grubbing through piles of paper for his address

2. dig, search, root (informal), probe, burrow, rootle (Brit.) chickens grubbing around in the dirt for food

Translations

grub [grʌb]

A. N

1. (= larva) → larva f, gusano m

2. (= food) → comida f
grub('s) up! → ¡la comida está servida!

B. VI to grub about in the earth for sth → remover la tierra buscando algo

C. CPD Grub Street N (Brit) el mundillo de los escritores desconocidos

grub up VT + ADV → arrancar, desarraigar; (= discover) → desenterrar

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grub [ˈgrʌb] n

(= insect) → larve f

(= food) → bouffe f >

grub up

vt sep [+ hedge, plant] → déterrer

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grub

n

(= larva) → Larve f

(inf: = food) → Fressalien pl (hum inf), → Futterage f (inf); grub(’s) up! → antreten zum Essenfassen (inf)

vt (animal) ground, soil → aufwühlen, wühlen in (+dat)

vi (also grub about or around, pig) → wühlen (→ in in +dat); (person) → (herum)kramen, (herum)wühlen (→ in in +dat, → for nach)

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grub [grʌb] n

a. (larva) → bruco

b. (fam) (food) → roba da mangiare
grub('s) up! → si mangia!, a tavola!

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grub [grʌb] n

a. (larva) → bruco

b. (fam) (food) → roba da mangiare
grub('s) up! → si mangia!, a tavola!

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grub

n grub [grab]

1 the form of an insect after it hatches from its egg A caterpillar is a grub. wurm, ruspe دودَة بَيضاء ларва larva larve; orm die Larve προνύμφη larva, gusano tõuk لیسه حشرات toukka larve זחל सूंड़ी ličinka hernyó ulat lirfa, maðkur larva 幼虫 유충 lerva kūniņa lundi; ulat larve, made larve, orm, mark larwa larva larvă личинка larva ličinka larva larv ตัวอ่อนของแมลง tırtıl, sürfe, larva, kurt 幼蟲 личинка; гусінь کسی حشرے کا لاروا con giòi 蛴螬,幼虫

2 a slang term for food Is there any grub in the house? eetgoed, kos أكْل، طَعام клъопачка jídlo, bašta ædelse das Futter μάσα (λαϊκ.) papeo, manduca lobi, söögipoolis غذا sapuska bouffe אוכל भोजन klopa, jelo kaja makanan matur, æti cibo 食物 음식 ėdalas rijamais makanan voedsel mat, noe å ha i skrotten żarcie bóia haleală жратва žrádlo hrana klopa käk อาหาร yiyecek 食物 їжа غذا thức ăn 食物

v – past tense, past participle grubbed –

to search by digging The pigs were grubbing around for roots. opgrawe, snuffel, graaf يَبحَث عَن الطعام изравям rýt rode wühlen ψάχνω σκαλίζοντας escarbar, hurgar sonkima دنبال چیزی گشتن از طریق کندن kaivella fouiller להפוך אדמה खोदना rovati (fel)ás, (fel)túr menggali-gali, mengais-ngais grafa, róta scavare 掘り返す 파다 knisti, rausti rakņāties menyelongkar (om)wroeten grave, rote ryć fuçar a scormoni рыться ryť, hrabať riti iskopati gräva, rota, böka ขุดรู eşip çıkarmak 挖找 викопувати, викорчовувати کھدائی کر کے ڈھونڈنا đào xới 挖找

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grub → يَرَقْة دودية bašta larve Larve μάσα larva murkina bouffe ličinka larva 地虫 음식 viespeuk larve żarcie comida личинка (жука) käk อาหาร yemek thức ăn 幼虫