grub /grub/

1. To dig, work or search in the dirt (with about or around)
2. To be occupied meanly, toil, slog (with about or around)
3. To eat (slang)
4. (of a horse) to take its feed

1. To dig or root out of the ground (generally followed by up or out)
2. To dig up the surface of (ground) to clear it for agriculture, etc
3. To supply with food (slang)

1. An insect larva, esp one thick and soft
2. Food (informal)
3. (also grubˈhunter) a ball that travels along the ground (sport; informal)

grubbˈer noun

1. Someone who, or that which, grubs
2. An implement for grubbing or stirring the soil
3. A grub (sport)
4. A grub kick

grubbˈily adverb

grubbˈiness noun

grubbˈy adjective

1. Dirty, soiled, grimy
2. Infested with grubs

grub kick noun (rugby)

A kick which sends the ball low along the ground

grub screw noun

A small headless screw

grub shop noun (informal)

A restaurant

grubˈstake noun (US)

An outfit, provisions, etc given to a prospector for a share in finds

transitive verb

To provide with such

Grub Street noun

1. A former name of Milton Street, Moorfields, London, once inhabited by booksellers' hacks and shabby writers generally
2. The milieu of hack writers or activity of hack writing

Grubˈstreet adjective

• safety fuses
• safety glass
• safety glasses
• safety lamp
• safety lamps
• safety light
• safety lights
• safety lock
• safety locks
• safetyman
• safety match
• safety matches
• safety net
• safety nets
• safety officer
• safety officers
• safety paper
• safety pin
• safety pins
• safety plug
• safety plugs
• safety razor
• safety razors
• safety rein
• safety reins