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Grub : (noun)
1: informal terms for a meal [syn: chow, chuck, eats]
2: a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other
insects
(verb)
1: ask for and get free; be a parasite [syn: mooch, bum, cadge,
sponge]
2: search about busily
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Sneak \Sneak\, n.
1. A mean, sneaking fellow.
A set of simpletons and superstitious sneaks.
--Glanvill.
2. (Cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; --
called also grub. [Cant] --R. A. Proctor.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Grub : \Grub\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Grubbed, p. pr. & vb. n.
Grubbing.] [OE. grubbin., cf. E. grab, grope.]
1. To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object
that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in
digging.
2. To drudge; to do menial work. --Richardson.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Grub : \Grub\, v. t.
1. To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; --
followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge.
They do not attempt to grub up the root of sin.
--Hare.
2. To supply with food. [Slang] --Dickens.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Grub : \Grub\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle;
-- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith
beetle, under Goldsmith.
Yet your butterfly was a grub. --Shak.
2. A short, thick man; a dwarf. [Obs.] --Carew.
3. Victuals; food. [Slang] --Halliwell.
Grub ax or axe, a kind of mattock used in grubbing up
roots, etc.
Grub breaker. Same as Grub hook (below).
Grub hoe, a heavy hoe for grubbing.
Grub hook, a plowlike implement for uprooting stumps,
breaking roots, etc.
Grub saw, a handsaw used for sawing marble.
Grub Street, a street in London (now called Milton
Street), described by Dr. Johnson as ``much inhabited by
writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary
poems, whence any mean production is called grubstreet.''
As an adjective, suitable to, or resembling the production
of, Grub Street.
I 'd sooner ballads write, and grubstreet lays.
--Gap.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Grub : GRand Unified Bootloader (GNU)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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