·noun Victuals; food.
II. Grub ·vt To supply with food.
III. Grub ·noun A short, thick man; a dwarf.
IV. Grub ·vi To Drudge; to do menial work.
V. 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.
VI. 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.
VII. Grub ·noun The larva of an insect, especially of a beetle;
— called also grubworm. ·see ·Illust. of Goldsmith beetle, under Goldsmith.