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grub
[ gruhb ]
noun
- the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
- a dull, plodding person; drudge.
- an unkempt person.
- Slang. food; victuals.
- any remaining roots or stumps after cutting vegetation to clear land for farming.
verb (used with object)
- to dig; clear of roots, stumps, etc.
- to dig up by the roots; uproot (often followed by up or out ).
- Slang. to supply with food; feed.
- Slang. to scrounge:
to grub a cigarette.
verb (used without object)
- to dig; search by or as if by digging:
We grubbed through piles of old junk to find the deed.
- to lead a laborious or groveling life; drudge:
It's wonderful to have money after having to grub for so many years.
- to engage in laborious study.
- Slang. to eat; take food.
grub
/ É¡°ùÊŒ²ú /
verb
- whentr, often foll by up or out to search for and pull up (roots, stumps, etc) by digging in the ground
- to dig up the surface of (ground, soil, etc), esp to clear away roots, stumps, etc
- intr; often foll by in or among to search carefully
- intr to work unceasingly, esp at a dull task or research
- slang.to provide (a person) with food or (of a person) to take food
- slang.tr to scrounge
to grub a cigarette
noun
- the short legless larva of certain insects, esp beetles
- slang.food; victuals
- a person who works hard, esp in a dull plodding way
- informal.a dirty child
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²µ°ù³Ü²úb±ð°ù noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of grub1
Example Sentences
But there’s something dingy and gross, like mottled drifts of old snow, about the overweening influence of Trump’s courtiers and their grubbing relationship with a president so obviously enamored of money and flattery.
Prized ancient vineyards across France are being grubbed up.
We have to ask ourselves as a society: Do we want college to be a place of intellectual growth or a performative exercise in grade grubbing?
Mostly, their education involves learning that they are “grubs,†only suitable for hard labor and sexual predation, with the faint potential of becoming “explorers,†then “pioneers†and finally “aces.â€
A wonderful place to stop for a beer and pub grub post museum is the Elk Public House three blocks away.
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