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31grub — [13] Grub ‘dig’ comes ultimately from prehistoric Germanic *grub , perhaps via Old English *grybban, although no record of such a verb has actually come down to us (the related Germanic *grab gave English grave, while a further variant *grōb… …
32grub — I UK [ɡrʌb] / US noun Word forms grub : singular grub plural grubs 1) [uncountable] very informal food Grub s up (= the food is ready)! 2) [countable] a young insect without wings or legs, like a small worm II UK [ɡrʌb] / US verb… …
33grub — [13] Grub ‘dig’ comes ultimately from prehistoric Germanic *grub , perhaps via Old English *grybban, although no record of such a verb has actually come down to us (the related Germanic *grab gave English grave, while a further variant *grōb… …
34Grub SG — Eggersriet Basisdaten Kanton: St. Gallen Wahlkreis: Wahlkreis St. Gallen …
35grub — 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 …
36grub — {{11}}grub (n.) larva, early 15c., perhaps from GRUB (Cf. grub) (v.) on the notion of digging insect, or from the possibly unrelated M.E. grub dwarfish fellow (c.1400). Meaning dull drudge is 1650s. The slang sense of food is first recorded 1650s …
37grub — [[t]grʌ̱b[/t]] grubs, grubbing, grubbed 1) N COUNT A grub is a young insect which has just come out of an egg and looks like a short fat worm. 2) N UNCOUNT Grub is food. [INFORMAL] Get yourself some grub and come and sit down. Syn: nosh 3) VERB… …
38grub — I. /grʌb / (say grub) noun 1. the bulky larva of certain insects, especially of scarabaeid and other beetles. 2. Colloquial food. 3. Colloquial a. a person, especially a child, covered with dirt: you little grub! b. a person with poor personal… …
39grub — grub1 [ grʌb ] noun 1. ) uncount VERY INFORMAL food: Grub s up (=the food is ready)! 2. ) count a young insect without wings or legs, like a small WORM grub grub 2 [ grʌb ] verb intransitive or transitive to try to find something by moving things …
40grub up — verb dig up grub up roots and tree stumps • Syn: ↑grub out • Hypernyms: ↑excavate, ↑dig up, ↑turn up • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …
