n. 25B6; noun
a small black grub : LARVA; maggot; caterpillar.
(informal) pub grub. : See food sense 1.
25B6; verb
kids grubbing around in the dirt : DIG, poke, scratch.
they grubbed up the old trees : DIG UP, unearth, uproot, root up/out, pull up/out, tear out.
he began grubbing about in the bin : RUMMAGE, search, hunt, delve, dig, scrabble, ferret, root, rifle, fish, poke; Brit. informal rootle; Austral./NZ informal fossick through.