grub

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 German 2.1 Verb form 3 Serbo-Croatian 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Adjective 3.3.1 Declension

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[edit] Etymology

From hypothetical Old English root grubbian, from West Germanic *grubbjan (cfr. Old High German grubilon "to dig, search," German grübeln "to meditate, ponder"), from Proto-Germanic *grub- (“‘to dig’”). The noun sense of "larva" (c.1400) may derive from the notion of "digging insect" or from the possibly unrelated Middle English grub "dwarfish fellow." The slang sense of "food" is first recorded 1659, has been linked with birds eating grubs or with bub "drink."

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɹʌb/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ʌb

[edit] Noun

grub (countable and uncountable; plural grubs)

1. (countable) An immature stage in the life cycle of an insect; a larva.
2. (uncountable, slang) Food.
3. (British) Dirt.

   There's a bit of grub on the window. I'm just going to clear it off.

[edit] Synonyms

• (immature insect): larva
• (slang: food): nosh, tucker

[edit] Derived terms

• grubby
• witchetty grub

[edit] Related terms

• caterpillar
• maggot
• worm

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[edit] Verb

to grub (third-person singular simple present grubs, present participle grubbing, simple past and past participle grubbed)

1. To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.

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[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of bgru
• burg

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[edit] German

[edit] Verb form

grub

1. singular past imperfect form of graben

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /grûːb/

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *grǫbъ.

[edit] Adjective

grȗb (definite grȗbī, comparative grȕbljī, Cyrillic spelling гру̑б)

1. rough, coarse
2. rude

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