noun · countable / uncountable · rare

grub

grub · grubs

личинка

Wurm, Larve

An insect, especially a beetle, at an immature stage of its life cycleAn insect, especially a beetle, at an immature stage of its life cycle.

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/ɡɹʌb/

» Tom's a money-grubbing opportunist.

Meaning

5 senses

(countable)An insect, especially a beetle, at an immature stage of its life cycle.
Larve, Wurm
личи́нкаličínka
личи́нкаlyčýnka
(slang, uncountable)Food.
pub grub
Fressalien, Futter, Mampf
харчи́xarčí, жратва́žratvá, ха́вчикxávčik
харчxarč
(Australia, countable, slang, uncountable)A dirty person.
(Australia, countable, slang, uncountable)A despicable person; a lowlife.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A short, thick man; a dwarf.

More definitions

a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects
informal terms for a meal

Examples

24 sentences

Tom's a money-grubbing opportunist.
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Their supply of grub was gone.
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A raven is eating a grub.
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What is the most delicious tasting grub?
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June beetle grubs feed on plant roots.
deJunikäferlarven ernähren sich von Pflanzenwurzeln.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

immature insect:

slang: food:

Русский

By meaning 2

immature insect:

slang: food:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

immature insect:

slang: food:

Origin

From Middle English grubben, grobben, from Old English *grubbian, from Proto-West Germanic

From Middle English grubben, grobben, from Old English *grubbian, from Proto-West Germanic *grubb-, from Proto-Germanic *grubb- (compare Middle Dutch grobben (“to scrape, scramble, grab”), Old High German grubilōn (“to dig, search”), German grübeln (“to meditate, ponder”)), from Proto-Germanic *grub- (“to dig”) (see *grabaną).

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