Grub word meaning and definition
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Meaning and definition for "grub" word
[noun] informal terms for a meal
[verb] search about busily
[verb] ask for and get free; be a parasite
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\Grub\, v. t. 1. 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. --Hare. 2. To supply with food. [Slang] --Dickens.
\Grub\, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) 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. --Shak. 2. A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Carew. 3. Victuals; food. [Slang] --Halliwell. {Grub ax} or {axe}, a kind of mattock used in grubbing up roots, etc. {Grub breaker}. Same as {Grub hook} (below). {Grub hoe}, a heavy hoe for grubbing. {Grub hook}, a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps, breaking roots, etc. {Grub saw}, a handsaw used for sawing marble. {Grub Street}, a street in London (now called {Milton Street}), described by Dr. Johnson as ``much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet.'' As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production of, Grub Street. I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays. --Gap.
Synonyms for grub
bum, cadge, chow, chuck, eats, mooch, sponge
See also: fare | freeload | larva | leatherjacket | look for | maggot | obtain | search | seek |
Related terms: bore, gather, gouge out, grind, hack, hammer, lower, maggot, mine, plodder, rake up, ransack, rummage, scare up, scrape, scrape up, slavey, slogger, spade, travail, tunnel, wriggler
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Let's analyse "grub" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: BURG. Average typing speed for these characters is 1045 milliseconds. [info]
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Numerology Hearts desire number calculated from vowels:
grub: 3 = 3, reduced: 3 . and the final result is Three. |
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