intransitive verb. To dig up by or as if by the roots.

intransitive verb. To clear of roots and stumps by digging.

intransitive verb. To obtain by importunity.

intransitive verb. To dig in the earth.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To search laboriously by or as if by digging; rummage.

intransitive verb. To toil arduously; drudge.

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

noun. A drudge.

noun. Food.

To dig in or under the ground; hence, to work hard in any way; especially, to make laborious research; search or study closely.

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To eat; take a meal: as, it is time to grub.

To dig; dig up by the roots: frequently followed by up or out: as, to grub up shrubs or weeds.

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To supply with food; provide with victuals.

noun. In cricket, a ball bowled along the ground. Also called, in the slang of cricket, sneaker and daisy-cutter.

noun. The larva of an insect; especially, the larva of a beetle: as, the white-grub (the larva of Lachnosterna fusca). Also grubworm.

noun. A short thick man; a dwarf: in contempt.

noun. Something to eat; victuals; a provision of food (as the product of grubbing or hard work).

transitive verb. To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; -- followed by up.

transitive verb. To supply with food.

intransitive verb. To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging.

intransitive verb. To drudge; to do menial work.

noun. The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under goldsmith.

noun. A short, thick man; a dwarf.

noun. Victuals; food.

noun. a kind of mattock used in grubbing up roots, etc.

noun. undefined

noun. Same as Grub hook (below).

noun. a heavy hoe for grubbing.

noun. a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps, breaking roots, etc.

noun. a handsaw used for sawing marble.

noun. 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.

noun. An immature stage in the life cycle of an insect; a larva.

noun. Food.

noun. A short, thick man; a dwarf.

verb. To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.

verb. ask for and get free; be a parasite

noun. informal terms for a meal

verb. search about busily

noun. a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects

"I use the term grub in its broadest and most comprehensive sense."

jug-handle grub  white grub  

grub axe  

fare  look for  search  seek  

Cub  Hub  bub  chubb  club  

ant  beetle  bug  butterfly  caterpillar  

accumulate  amass  assemble  aurelia  beast of burden  

goldsmith  grubbed  grubbing  grubworm  

grubbed  grubbing  grubs