grub
noun
[ ɡrʌb ]
• the larva of an insect, especially a beetle.
• "my onions are ruined by small grubs eating the roots"
• food.
• "a popular bar serving excellent pub grub"
Similar:
food,
nourishment,
sustenance,
nutriment,
subsistence,
fare,
bread,
daily bread,
cooking,
baking,
cuisine,
foodstuffs,
edibles,
refreshments,
meals,
provisions,
rations,
stores,
supplies,
solids,
vivers,
eats,
eatables,
nosh,
chow,
nibbles,
scoff,
tuck,
chuck,
victuals,
vittles,
viands,
commons,
meat,
comestibles,
provender,
aliment,
commissariat,
viaticum,
grub
verb
• dig or poke about in soil.
• "the damage done to pastures by badgers grubbing for worms"
Similar:
dig,
excavate,
burrow,
tunnel,
poke about,
poke around,
scratch about,
scratch around,
rake through,
sift through,
explore,
probe,
delve,
• search in a clumsy and unmethodical manner.
• "I began grubbing about in the waste-paper basket to find the envelope"
Similar:
search,
hunt,
delve,
dig,
rummage,
scrabble,
scour,
probe,
ferret (about),
ferret (around),
root,
rifle,
fish,
poke,
go through,
turn upside down,
turn inside out,
rootle,
fossick through,
roust,
• work hard, especially at a dull or demeaning task.
• "she has achieved independence without having to grub for it"
Origin:
Middle English: perhaps related to Dutch grobbelen, also to grave1.
