grub

grub
grub1 [grʌb] n
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Probably from GRUB1 2; in sense 1, probably because birds eat grubs]
1.) [U] informal
food
▪ Let's get some grub.
2.)
an insect when it is in the form of a small soft white worm
grub 2
grub2 past tense and past participle grubbed present participle grubbing
v [I always + adverb/preposition]
informal to look for something on the ground or just under the ground, especially by moving things around
▪ Jake got on the floor and grubbed about under the desk.
grub for
▪ chickens grubbing for worms
grub up/out [grub sth<=>up/out] phr v
to dig plants out of the ground
▪ Farmers were encouraged to grub up hedgerows.

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