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grub

(gr/@/b )

informal terms for a meal(noun.food)

Synonym:
chow, chuck, eats

source: wordnet30
a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects(noun.animal)

source: wordnet30
The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle; -- called also grubworm. See Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith.(noun)

source: webster1913

ask for and get free; be a parasite(verb.possession)

Synonym:
bum, cadge, mooch, sponge

source: wordnet30
search about busily(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging.(verb)

source: webster1913
To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; -- followed by up; as, to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge.(verb)

source: webster1913

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