Synonyms for grub
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : gruhb |
| Phonetic Transcription : grʌb |
Top 10 synonyms for grub Other synonyms for the word grub
- clear
- comb
- comestibles
- delve
- drudge
- edibles
- entozoon
- excavate
- feed
- ferret
- fine-tooth-comb
- forage
- grind
- hunt
- labor
- moil
- nosh
- nurture
- plod
- poke
- prepare
- probe
- provisions
- pull up
- rake
- ransack
- rations
- root
- rummage
- scour
- search
- shovel
- slave
- slog
- spade
- sustenance
- sweat
- toil
- unearth
- uproot
- viands
- victuals
- vittles
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for grub
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