grub

grub is a 4-letter English word with 11 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 10 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging.
2. intransitive verb. To drudge; to do menial work.
3. transitive verb. To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; -- followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge.
4. transitive verb. To supply with food.
5. noun. The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith.
6. noun. A short, thick man; a dwarf.
7. noun. Victuals; food.
8. noun. a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
9. noun. informal terms for a meal

   Synonyms: chow, chuck, eats

10. verb. search about busily
11. verb. ask for and get free; be a parasite

    Synonyms: bum, cadge, mooch, sponge

Synonyms

chow, chuck, eats, bum, cadge, mooch, sponge

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in grub:

burg

Common word forms

grubs, grubbed, grubber, grubbing, grubless

Words from these letters

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