āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
āĻ˛āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻž, āĻā§āĻ
the young wormlike larva of an insect
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The grub transformed into a pupa before becoming an adult beetle.
āĻļā§āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŖāĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ°, āĻāĻšāĻžāĻ°
food, often casual or simple meals
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
We stopped for grub on the way home.
āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻĨā§ grub-āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
to grub
01
āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to dig or search in the ground
Intransitive: to grub for sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The dog was grubbing for buried bones in the backyard.
āĻā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻĒā§āĻāĻ¤āĻž āĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to search for something diligently or persistently
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She spent hours grubbing through old archives to find information for her history paper.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻāĻāĻž
to get something, typically food, money, or provisions, by scavenging or relying on the generosity of others
Transitive: to grub money or provisions
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
During their road trip, they would often grub snacks from gas stations instead of buying them.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¸ āĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻĻāĻ˛ā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
grubby
grub
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
