the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.

a dull, plodding person; drudge.

an unkempt person.

Slang . food; victuals.

any remaining roots or stumps after cutting vegetation to clear land for farming.

to dig; clear of roots, stumps, etc.

to dig up by the roots; uproot (often fol. by up or out ).

Slang . to supply with food; feed.

Slang . to scrounge

to grub a cigarette.

to dig; search by or as if by digging

We grubbed through piles of old junk to find the deed.

to lead a laborious or groveling life; drudge

It's wonderful to have money after having to grub for so many years.

to engage in laborious study.

Slang . to eat; take food.

verb

cover , hide , idle , laze , tinker

noun

caterpillar , entozoon , maggot , worm , chow * , comestibles , eats * , edibles , feed , nosh * , nurture , provisions , rations , sustenance , viands , victuals , vittles * , fag , plodder , slave , aliment , bread , comestible , diet , edible , esculent , fare , foodstuff , meat , nourishment , nutriment , nutrition , pabulum , pap , provender , provision , victual

verb

beat , break , burrow , clean , clear , comb , delve , excavate , ferret , fine-tooth-comb , forage , hunt , poke , prepare , probe , pull up , rake , ransack , root , rummage , scour , search , shovel , spade , unearth , uproot , drudge , grind , labor , moil , plod , slave , slog , sweat , toil , scoop , bum , chow , dig , eat , eradicate , feed , food , larva , maggot , mooch , provisions , root out , sponge , stump , uncover , uprooc , victuals , worm