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grub
Universal Words
noun, verb
noun
1 [C] the young form of an insect, that looks like a small fat worm
2 [U] (informal) food:
Grub's up (= the meal is ready)! * They serve good pub grub there.
verb (-bb-) [V] ~ (around / about) (for sth) to look for sth, especially by digging or by looking through or under other things:
birds grubbing for worms
PHRASALVERBS
grub sth<->up / out to dig sth out of the ground:
The trees were grubbed up to make way for a new road.
