Associations to the word «Grub»

Wiktionary

GRUB, noun. (countable) An immature stage in the life cycle of an insect; a larva.
GRUB, noun. (uncountable) (slang) Food.
GRUB, noun. (obsolete) A short, thick man; a dwarf.
GRUB, verb. To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.
GRUB, verb. To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; often followed by up.
GRUB, verb. (slang) To supply with food.
GRUB STREET, proper noun. The home or state of impoverished writers and literary hacks.

Dictionary definition

GRUB, noun. Informal terms for a meal.
GRUB, noun. A soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects.
GRUB, verb. Ask for and get free; be a parasite.
GRUB, verb. Search about busily.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats