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1. (n.) grub
the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of certain insects, esp. the beetle.
2. grub
an unkempt person.
3. grub
Slang. food; victuals.
4. grub
a drudge.
5. (v.t.) grub
to dig; clear of roots, stumps, etc.
6. grub
to dig up by the roots; uproot (often fol. by up or out).
7. grub
Slang. to supply with food.
8. grub
Slang. to scrounge.
9. (v.i.) grub
to dig; search by or as if by digging.
10. grub
to lead a laborious or groveling life; drudge.
11. grub
to engage in laborious study.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME; akin to OHG grubilōn to dig, ON gryfia hole, pit)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) chow, chuck, eats, grub
informal terms for a meal
2. (verb) grub
a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
3. (verb) mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge
ask for and get free; be a parasite
4. (verb) grub
search about busily
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Grub
the larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith
2. (noun) Grub
a short, thick man; a dwarf
3. (noun) Grub
victuals; food
4. (verb) Grub
to dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging
5. (verb) Grub
to drudge; to do menial work
6. (verb) Grub
to dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; -- followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge
7. (verb) Grub
to supply with food
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Sense: the form of an insect after it hatches from its egg
A caterpillar is a grub.
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 Afrikaans: wurm, ruspe |
 Arabic: دودَة بَيضاء |
 Bulgarian: ларва |
 Brazilian: larva |
 Czech: larva |
 German: die Larve |
 Danish: larve; orm |
 Greek: προνύμφη |
 Spanish: larva, gusano |
 Estonian: tõuk |
 Farsi: لیسه حشرات |
 Finnish: toukka |
 French: larve |
 Hebrew: זחל |
 Hindi: सूंड़ी |
 Croatian: ličinka |
 Hungarian: hernyó |
 Indonesian: ulat |
 Icelandic: lirfa, maðkur |
 Italian: larva |
 Japanese: 幼虫 |
 Korean: 유충 |
 Lithuanian: lerva |
 Latvian: kūniņa |
 Malay: lundi; ulat |
 Dutch: larve, made |
 Norwegian: larve, orm, mark |
 Polish: larwa |
 Persian: لیسه حشرات |
 Pashto: كينل، كېندل |
 Portuguese: larva |
 Romanian: larvă |
 Russian: личинка |
 Slovak: larva |
 Slovenian: ličinka |
 Serbian: larva |
 Swedish: larv |
 Thai: ตัวอ่อนของแมลง |
 Turkish: tırtıl, sürfe, larva, kur |
 Taiwanese: 幼蟲 |
 Ukrainian: личинка; гусінь |
 Urdu: کسی حشرے کا لاروا |
 Vietnamese: con giòi |
 Chinese: 蛴螬，幼虫 |
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