Antonyms for grub

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : gruhb

Phonetic Transcription : grʌb

Definition of grub

Origin : c.1300, from hypothetical Old English *grubbian, from West Germanic *grubbjan (cf. Middle Dutch grobben, Old High German grubilon "to dig, search," German grübeln "to meditate, ponder"), from Proto-Germanic *grub- "to dig," base of Old English grafan (see grave (v.)).

noun larva
noun food
verb dig, uncover
verb work very hard

Example sentences :

It was really only a paraphrase of the old story of the grub and the butterfly.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

Them grub all gone, them Injuns mebbyso ketchum hungry belly.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

Yo' all time eatum my grub, yo' no givum me money, no givum hoss, no givum notting.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

Let's go back, eat the grub, and then continue the hunt for Ned.
Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman

I had some hardtack and tea in my “grub bag,” and these I left with her.
Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace

He caught the fancy of the king, knelt down a grub, and rose a butterfly.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

You'll see, he'll soon turn up, he's got a hollow nose, he can scent the grub from afar.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

He looked as if he were degenerating into the grub even before he died.
Extract from : « The Macdermots of Ballycloran » by Anthony Trollope

They asked for a wage, a bunk, and grub; nothing else mattered.
Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

She give him his grub and her services, and he give her the Old Harry and her wages.
Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for grub

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