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grub

grəb
WordNet
They may grub. Page 13 from a 19-leaf sketchbook.
They may grub. Page 13 from a 19-leaf sketchbook.
  1. (v) grub
    search about busily
  2. (v) grub
    ask for and get free; be a parasite
  3. (n) grub
    a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
  4. (n) grub
    informal terms for a meal
Illustrations
They may grub. Page 35 from a 19-leaf sketchbook.
They may grub. Page 35 from a 19-leaf sketchbook.
Possibly women only. They probably grub. Page 16 from a 19-leaf sketchbook.
Possibly women only. They probably grub. Page 16 from a 19-leaf sketchbook.
Photo reproduction of the painting Grubbing potatoes by Anton Mauve
Photo reproduction of the painting Grubbing potatoes by Anton Mauve
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Grub
    A short, thick man; a dwarf.
  2. Grub
    (Zoöl) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith. "Yet your butterfly was a grub ."
  3. Grub
    To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging.
  4. 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. "They do not attempt to grub up the root of sin."
  5. Grub
    To drudge; to do menial work.
  6. Grub
    To supply with food. "His shield well lined, his horses meated well."
  7. Grub
    Victuals; food. "With my cargo of victualage ."
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. grub
    To dig in or under the ground; hence, to work hard in any way; especially, to make laborious research; search or study closely.
  2. grub
    To eat; take a meal: as, it is time to grub.
  3. grub
    To dig; dig up by the roots: frequently followed by up or out: as, to grub up shrubs or weeds.
  4. grub
    To supply with food; provide with victuals.
  5. (n) grub
    The larva of an insect; especially, the larva of a beetle: as, the white-grub (the larva of Lachnosterna fusca). Also grubworm.
  6. (n) grub
    A short thick man; a dwarf: in contempt.
  7. (n) grub
    Something to eat; victuals; a provision of food (as the product of grubbing or hard work).
  8. (n) grub
    In cricket, a ball bowled along the ground. Also called, in the slang of cricket, sneaker and daisy-cutter.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (v.i) Grub
    grub to dig in the dirt: to be occupied meanly:
  2. (v.t) Grub
    to dig or root out of the ground (generally followed by up):
  3. (n) Grub
    the larva of the beetle, moth, &c.:
  4. (adj) Grub
    applied to any mean literary production
  5. (v.i) Grub
    grub (slang) to eat
  6. (v.t) Grub
    (slang) to supply with victuals:—pr.p. grub′bing; pa.p. grubbed
  7. (n) Grub
    (slang) something to eat
Quotations
Henry David Thoreau
The perch swallows the grub-worm, the pickerel swallows the perch, and the fisherman swallows the pickerel; and so all the chinks in the scale of being are filled.
Henry David Thoreau
Jonathan Swift
O Grub Street! how do I bemoan thee, whose graceless children scorn to own thee! . Yet thou hast greater cause to be ashamed of them, than they of thee.
Jonathan Swift
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. grubbin,., cf. E. grab, grope,

Usage in the news

Here's a wish list of wine pairings with local grub . chicagotribune.com

Cookin' Good Grub Book Signing to Benefit Meals-On-Wheels. blog.oregonlive.com

Pub grub at home — Recipes for March Madness. eudoranews.com

There are many ways to bring the experience of watching March Madness at a bar to your home, including knowing how to make some of the pub grub that is synonymous with watching college basketball. eudoranews.com

Clay's Corner – Geting the Grub The Ready For the Super Bowl. z94.com

Still, it's nice to get a little love and see some mouthwatering pictures, particularly on New York magazine's food blog, Grub Street . texasmonthly.com

The Grub Street Food Festival. travelandleisure.com

Tina Tamale Buys Guerrilla Grub Cart. eastbayexpress.com

As the booming boutique food truck trend delivered great grub to every big city sidewalk from Atlanta to Albuquerque to L.A.—Argentine meats. montereycountyweekly.com

Porters spicy new menu surpasses pub grub. citypaper.com

Soft plastics like curl-tailed grubs or imitation ribbonfish are good baits for lings . panews.com

This cozy Division Street bar offers a small selection affordable haute pub grub and a well-crafted specialty cocktail menu. portlandmercury.com

I 've never known a man who didn't have an occasional craving for diner grub, no matter how dedicated he is to his physique. muscleandfitness.com

Mayor Bloomberg has crusaded against salt, fat and sugar, yet the city seems to have no qualms about feeding artery-clogging grub to desperate victims of Hurricane Sandy. nypost.com

YouTube prankster Janmann33 orders up some grub at the Taco Bell drive-thru as Sesame Street 's Elmo. kkyr.com

Usage in literature

At this time our want of grub began to tell on us. "The Life and Adventures of Nat Love" by Nat Love

I'll tell 'ee some other time what good it does me; but just now you an' I shall go an' have some grub. "Shifting Winds" by R.M. Ballantyne

Get the grub ready, boys, an' boil the kettle. "Twice Bought" by R.M. Ballantyne

Come, now, to grub, all of you. "The Lonely Island" by R.M. Ballantyne

It did not take long to prepare the meal, and the cowboys crowded around the "grub wagon" as they called it. "The Boy from the Ranch" by Frank V. Webster

John Henry must have grub ready. "The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon" by James Carson

Ain't I only thinking of the rest of you when I bother myself about such a thing as grub? "Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise" by Louis Arundel

Pack animals were in vast demand, for it was considered a pound of grub was the equal of a pound of gold. "The Trail of '98" by Robert W. Service

Once, as the family were grubbing together, a nut turned up at the back of the pile. ""Wee Tim'rous Beasties"" by Douglas English

Vell, I come for a veek and bring my own grub. "The Forbidden Trail" by Honoré Willsie

Usage in poetry
The herder asked the cowboy
If he would like to stay
To join him in a little drink
And put some grub away.
There ponder'd, felt I,
If worms, snakes, loathsome grubs, may to sweet spiritual songs be
turn'd,
If vermin so transposed, so used, so bless'd may be,
Now I reckon your stomach would grow to your back
If it wa'n't for the cook that keeps fillin' the slack:
With the beans in the box and pork in the tub,
I'm a-wonderin' now, who would fill you with grub?
From the racked substance of the earth comes the plant and
That with heat and the night frost is tortured:
To some perfection that grows, man's thoughts wills his hand —
Roots rent, crown broken, grub holed, it is drawn upward.
"'E might 'a' tnade it jist a wee bit worse.
I'd stand a lot uv that before I'd scream.
The grub wus jist the thing; an', say, me nurse I
She wus a dream!
I used to treat them tony tarts wiv mirth;
But now I know why they wus put on earth.
But there's one won't wake nor wonder, nor scoff no grub at all,
Nor drag his achin' bones along to tally on the fall,
Nor jump to please the toughest mate New England ever bred,
Not stand no trick nor lookout &mdash an' for why? Because he's dead!