grub

[US]/grʌb/
[UK]/ɡrʌb/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. dig up; search; excavate
vt. search by digging; dig out something; eradicate
n. larvae, maggots; [slang] food.
Word Forms
Past Participlegrubbed
Third Person Singulargrubs
Pluralgrubs
Past Tensegrubbed
Present Participlegrubbing

Example Sentences

grub for a living.

Where did the leader grub up that nasty bunch of soldier?

she has achieved material independence without having to grub for it.

Any of various insect larvae that live and feed within a leaf, including caterpillars, sawfly larvae, beetle and weevil grubs, and dipteran maggots.

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