I. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Where's the grub ? I'm starving.
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You can get good grub for less than $10 a person.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But everyone seems to agree that a diet of restaurant grub can't be all that good for you somehow.
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Different kinds of wasps will then come to lay their eggs on the grubs, and woodpeckers will later feast on both.
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I mean, cripes, they had really bad grub .
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The mite is just visible to the naked eye and feeds on honey bees and their grubs by sucking their body fluids.
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The next morning all five grubs were solidly frozen, unlike when I had first found them.
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They will come flying up against the wind and lay their eggs, which will soon turn into white grubs.
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This will expose over-wintering grubs to frost and also birds seeking food.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But I went on grubbing for wood.
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But when you start your course you won't be grubbing about in the soil all the time, will you?
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Depending on how close it is to successful neighbours and the risk of root disturbance, grub the rootstock out.
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He and the rest of the Grill regulars would gladly grub the stumps out of the town lot with their own hands.
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I grubbed for whole ones, baby skulls to fill my sack again and again.
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She was almost upon you when you swooped, your hands grubbing in your pockets for the razor.
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They make me grub for lily-roots and climb trees for honey.