Defenition of the word grub

• Defenition of the word grub

  • informal terms for a meal
  • give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"
  • search busily; "ferret out the truth"
  • a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
  • ask for and get free; be a parasite
  • search about busily

Synonyms for the word grub

• • bum
  • burrow
  • cadge
  • chow
  • chuck
  • dig
  • dig up
  • eats
  • excavate
  • feed
  • ferret
  • give
  • mooch
  • pull up
  • root out
  • sponge
  • uproot

Similar words in the grub

• • ferret out
  • grub
  • grubbed
  • grubbier
  • grubbiest
  • grubbiness
  • grubbiness's
  • grubbing
  • grubby
  • grubs
  • grubstake
  • grubstake's

Hyponyms for the word grub

• • freeload
  • leatherjacket
  • maggot

Hypernyms for the word grub

• • cater
  • fare
  • larva
  • look for
  • obtain
  • ply
  • provide
  • search
  • seek
  • supply

Antonyms for the word grub

• • starve

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