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v. To dig up by or as if by the roots: grubbed carrots with a stick.

v. To clear of roots and stumps by digging: grubbed a small plot.

v. Slang To obtain by importunity: grub a cigarette.

verb-intransitive. To dig in the earth: grub for potatoes.

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

verb-intransitive. To toil arduously; drudge: grub for a living.

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

n. A drudge.

n. Slang Food.

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

n. Food.

n. A short, thick man; a dwarf.

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

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

verb-intransitive. To drudge; to do menial work.

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

v. To supply with food.

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

n. A short, thick man; a dwarf.

n. Victuals; food.

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

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.

To supply with food; provide with victuals.

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

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

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

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

v. ask for and get free; be a parasite

n. informal terms for a meal

v. search about busily

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

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

grub axe   

grubbed    grubbing    grubs   

fare    search    seek    look for   

white grub    jug-handle grub   

grubbed    grubbing    grubworm    goldsmith   

drudge    dig    dwarf    victuals    food    eat    clear    uproot    larva    nosh   

Cub    Hub    bub    chubb    club    cub    drub    dub    hub    nub   

larva    grasshopper    caterpillar    beetle    worm    maggot    moth    termite    snail    ant