grub+up

  • 51grub up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms grub up : present tense I/you/we/they grub up he/she/it grubs up present participle grubbing up past tense grubbed up past participle grubbed up to dig something out of the ground, especially with your hands …

    English dictionary

  • 52grub — [[t]grʌb[/t]] n. v. grubbed, grub•bing 1) ent the thick bodied, sluggish larva of certain insects, esp. the beetle 2) an unkempt person 3) sts Slang. food; victuals 4) a drudge 5) to dig; clear of roots, stumps, etc 6) to dig up by the roots;… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 53grub — 1. n. hardworking, serious student 2. n. messy, dirty person. He s a total grub, never bathes or washes his clothes. 3. n. food. What does someone have to do in this diner to get some grub? 4. n. food; meal …

    English slang

  • 54grub — Sneak Sneak, n. 1. A mean, sneaking fellow. [1913 Webster] A set of simpletons and superstitious sneaks. Glanvill. [1913 Webster] 2. (Cricket) A ball bowled so as to roll along the ground; called also {grub}. [Cant] R. A. Proctor. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 55grub — a short, plastic imitation of a grub for angling, often used with a weighted jig hook …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 56grub — 1. noun /ɡɹʌb/ a) An immature stage in the life cycle of an insect; a larva. Theres a bit of grub on the window. Im just going to clear it off. b) Food. Syn …

    Wiktionary

  • 57grub — Wormlike larva or maggot of certain insects, particularly in the orders Coleoptera, Diptera, and Hymenoptera, and the genus Hypoderma. * * * grub grəb n a soft thick wormlike larva of an insect …

    Medical dictionary

  • 58Grub — En computación, el GRand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) es un gestor de arranque múltiple que se usa comúnmente para iniciar dos o más sistemas operativos instalados en una misma computadora. Técnicamente, un gestor multiarranque es aquel que puede… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 59grub — Synonyms and related words: accumulate, amass, assemble, aurelia, beast of burden, beat, bore, bring together, burrow, caterpillar, chow, chrysalis, chuck, cocoon, collect, comb, cull, delve, dig, dig out, dig up, dike, dredge, drill, drive,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 60grub up — Synonyms and related words: accumulate, amass, assemble, avulse, bring together, collect, cull, cut out, deracinate, dig out, dig up, disentangle, draw, draw out, dredge, dredge up, eradicate, evolve, evulse, excavate, excise, exsect, extract,… …

    Moby Thesaurus