grub

grub has 11 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• v. i.. To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging.
• v. i.. To drudge; to do menial work.
• v. t.. To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; -- followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge.
• v. t.. To supply with food.
• n.. The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith.
• n.. A short, thick man; a dwarf.
• n.. Victuals; food.
• n.. a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
• n.. informal terms for a meal
• v.. search about busily
• v.. ask for and get free; be a parasite