Dictionary Entry
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
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- 1intransitive verb
To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging.
- 2intransitive verb
To drudge; to do menial work.
- 3transitive 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.
- 4transitive verb
To supply with food.
- 5noun
The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith.
- 6noun
A short, thick man; a dwarf.
- 7noun
Victuals; food.
- 8noun
a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
- 9noun
informal terms for a meal
- 10verb
search about busily
- 11verb
ask for and get free; be a parasite
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