| Front | grub |
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| Back | grub noun, verb BrE /ɡrʌb/ NAmE /ɡrʌb/ noun word origin example bank 1 [countable] the young form of an insect, that looks like a small fat worm 2 [uncountable] (informal) food Grub's up! (= the meal is ready) They serve good pub grub there. verb verb forms word origin (-bb-) [intransitive] ~ (around/about) (for sth) to look for sth, especially by digging or by looking through or under other things birds grubbing for worms ˌgrub sthˈup/ˈout to dig sth out of the ground The trees were grubbed up to make way for a new road. |
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