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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.
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.
grub′ber n.
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grub
(ɡrʌb)vb, 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. (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
7. (Zoology) 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. informal Brit a dirty child
[C13: 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]
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grub
(grʌb)n., v. grubbed, grub•bing. n.
1. the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of certain insects, esp. the beetle.
2. an unkempt person.
3. Slang. food; victuals.
4. a drudge.
v.t.5. to dig; clear of roots, stumps, etc.
6. to dig up by the roots; uproot (often fol. by up or out).
7. Slang. to supply with food.
8. Slang. to scrounge.
v.i.9. to dig; search by or as if by digging.
10. to lead a laborious or groveling life; drudge.
11. to engage in laborious study.
[1250–1300; Middle English; akin to Old High German grubilōn to dig, Old Norse gryfia hole, pit]
grub′ber, n.
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grub
Past participle: grubbed
Gerund: grubbing
| Imperative |
|---|
| grub |
| grub |
| Present |
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| I grub |
| you grub |
| he/she/it grubs |
| we grub |
| you grub |
| they grub |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I grubbed |
| you grubbed |
| he/she/it grubbed |
| we grubbed |
| you grubbed |
| they grubbed |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am grubbing |
| you are grubbing |
| he/she/it is grubbing |
| we are grubbing |
| you are grubbing |
| they are grubbing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have grubbed |
| you have grubbed |
| he/she/it has grubbed |
| we have grubbed |
| you have grubbed |
| they have grubbed |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was grubbing |
| you were grubbing |
| he/she/it was grubbing |
| we were grubbing |
| you were grubbing |
| they were grubbing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had grubbed |
| you had grubbed |
| he/she/it had grubbed |
| we had grubbed |
| you had grubbed |
| they had grubbed |
| Future |
|---|
| I will grub |
| you will grub |
| he/she/it will grub |
| we will grub |
| you will grub |
| they will grub |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have grubbed |
| you will have grubbed |
| he/she/it will have grubbed |
| we will have grubbed |
| you will have grubbed |
| they will have grubbed |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be grubbing |
| you will be grubbing |
| he/she/it will be grubbing |
| we will be grubbing |
| you will be grubbing |
| they will be grubbing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been grubbing |
| you have been grubbing |
| he/she/it has been grubbing |
| we have been grubbing |
| you have been grubbing |
| they have been grubbing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been grubbing |
| you will have been grubbing |
| he/she/it will have been grubbing |
| we will have been grubbing |
| you will have been grubbing |
| they will have been grubbing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been grubbing |
| you had been grubbing |
| he/she/it had been grubbing |
| we had been grubbing |
| you had been grubbing |
| they had been grubbing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would grub |
| you would grub |
| he/she/it would grub |
| we would grub |
| you would grub |
| they would grub |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have grubbed |
| you would have grubbed |
| he/she/it would have grubbed |
| we would have grubbed |
| you would have grubbed |
| they would have grubbed |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  grub - informal terms for a meal 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 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" |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
grub
noun
1. larva, maggot, caterpillar The grubs do their damage by tunnelling through ripened fruit.
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grub
verb1. To break, turn over, or remove (earth or sand, for example) with or as if with a tool:
2. To do tedious, laborious, and sometimes menial work:
1. One who works or toils tirelessly:
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Translations
أكْل، طَعامدودَةدودَة بَيضاءيَبحَث عَن الطعام
larvarýtbaštajídlo
larveormrodeædelse
murkinasapuskatoukka
ličinka
feltúrhernyókaja
grafa, rótalirfa, maîkurmatur, æti
地虫
음식
ėdalasknistilerva
kūniņarakņātiesrijamais
hranaličinka
käk
ตัวอ่อนของแมลง
ấu trùng
grub
[grʌb]
C. CPD Grub Street N (Brit) el mundillo de los escritores desconocidos
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
grub
n
(inf: = food) → Fressalien pl (hum inf), → Futterage f (inf); grub(’s) up! → antreten zum Essenfassen (inf)
vi (also grub about or around, pig) → wühlen (→ in in +dat); (person) → (herum)kramen, (herum)wühlen (→ in in +dat, → for nach)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
grub
(grab) noun1. the form of an insect after it hatches from its egg. A caterpillar is a grub.
2. a slang term for food. Is there any grub in the house?
verb – past tense, past participle grubbed –to search by digging. The pigs were grubbing around for roots.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
grub
→ دودَة larva larve Larve κάμπια larva murkina larve ličinka larva 地虫 음식 larve larve żarcie larva личинка käk ตัวอ่อนของแมลง yemek ấu trùng 幼虫Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009