noun victuals; food.
2. grub ·vt to supply with food.
3. grub ·noun a short, thick man; a dwarf.
4. grub ·vi to drudge; to do menial work.
5. grub ·vi to dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging.
6. grub ·vt to dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging;
followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge.
7. grub ·noun the larva of an insect, especially of a beetle;
called also grubworm. ·see ·illust. of goldsmith beetle, under goldsmith.