| grub | | |
| n. (food) | 1. chow, chuck, eats, grub | informal terms for a meal. |
| ~ fare | the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed. |
| n. (animal) | 2. grub | a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects. |
| ~ larva | the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose. |
| ~ maggot | the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter. |
| ~ leatherjacket | tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies. |
| v. (possession) | 3. bum, cadge, grub, mooch, sponge | ask for and get free; be a parasite. |
| ~ obtain | come into possession of.; "How did you obtain the visa?" |
| ~ freeload | live off somebody's generosity.; "This young man refuses to work and is freeloading" |
| v. (contact) | 4. grub | search about busily. |
| ~ look for, search, seek | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of.; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" |
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