Grub Definition
grŭb
grubbed, grubbing, grubs
verb
grubbed, grubbing, grubs
To clear (ground) of roots and stumps by digging them up.
Webster's New World
To dig up by or as by the roots; root out; uproot.
Webster's New World
To work hard, esp. at something menial or tedious; drudge.
Webster's New World
To dig in the ground.
Webster's New World
To obtain by importunity.
Grub a cigarette.
American Heritage
noun
grubs
The short, fat, wormlike larva of certain insects, esp. of a beetle.
Webster's New World
A person who does menial or tedious work; drudge.
Webster's New World
Food.
Webster's New World
Origin of Grub
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From hypothetical Old English root *grubbian, from Proto-Germanic *grubb- (compare Old High German grubilōn (“to dig, search”), German grübeln (“to meditate, ponder”)), from Proto-Germanic *grub- (“to dig”). The noun sense of "larva" (c.1400) may derive from the notion of "digging insect" or from the possibly unrelated Middle English grub (“dwarfish fellow”). The slang sense of "food" is first recorded 1659, has been linked with birds eating grubs or with bub (“drink”)."
From Wiktionary
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Middle English grubben from Old English grybban ghrebh-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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