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1 grub around
grub around for fouiner pour trouver -
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A n■ grub about, grub around:▶ grub about ou grub around for sth fouiner pour trouver qch.■ grub up:▶ grub [sth] up, grub up [sth] [person, machine] déraciner ; [animal, bird] déterrer. -
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grub [grʌb]b. ( = food) (inf!) bouffe (inf !) f• grub's up! à la soupe ! (inf)* * *[grʌb]2) (colloq) ( food) bouffe (colloq) f•Phrasal Verbs: -
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grub [grʌb]∎ I was grubbing about in the dirt looking for my key j'étais en train de farfouiller par terre dans les saletés pour trouver ma clef;∎ figurative he grubbed around for clues il fouinait à la recherche d'indices2 noun∎ grub or grub's up! à la soupe!►► Technology grub screw vis f noyée, vis f sans tête;Grub Street le monde des plumitifs(roots, stumps) extirper -
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grub — I UK [ɡrʌb] / US noun Word forms grub : singular grub plural grubs 1) [uncountable] very informal food Grub s up (= the food is ready)! 2) [countable] a young insect without wings or legs, like a small worm II UK [ɡrʌb] / US verb… … English dictionary
grub — grub1 [ grʌb ] noun 1. ) uncount VERY INFORMAL food: Grub s up (=the food is ready)! 2. ) count a young insect without wings or legs, like a small WORM grub grub 2 [ grʌb ] verb intransitive or transitive to try to find something by moving things … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
grub — [[t]grʌ̱b[/t]] grubs, grubbing, grubbed 1) N COUNT A grub is a young insect which has just come out of an egg and looks like a short fat worm. 2) N UNCOUNT Grub is food. [INFORMAL] Get yourself some grub and come and sit down. Syn: nosh 3) VERB… … English dictionary
grub — I n Food. Where is the best place to get some grub around here? 1650s II v To hug and kiss. They were grubbing in his car when her parents came home. 1980s III n A studious, unsociable person. Well, it is the grubs who end up running the world.… … Historical dictionary of American slang
Grub Smith — is an English television presenter and journalist for FHM and Poker Player magazines. Born Michael Smith, he adopted the name Grub when at Downside School, effectively a promotion after being given the nickname Maggot by a master at his prep… … Wikipedia
grub — ► NOUN 1) the larva of an insect, especially a beetle. 2) informal food. ► VERB (grubbed, grubbing) 1) dig shallowly in soil. 2) (grub up) dig (something) up. 3) … English terms dictionary
grub — 1 noun 1 (U) informal food: Let s get some grub. 2 (C) an insect when it is in the form of a small soft white worm 2 (intransitive always + adv/prep) informal to look for something, especially by moving things, looking under them etc (+… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
grub — [13] Grub ‘dig’ comes ultimately from prehistoric Germanic *grub , perhaps via Old English *grybban, although no record of such a verb has actually come down to us (the related Germanic *grab gave English grave, while a further variant *grōb… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
grub — [13] Grub ‘dig’ comes ultimately from prehistoric Germanic *grub , perhaps via Old English *grybban, although no record of such a verb has actually come down to us (the related Germanic *grab gave English grave, while a further variant *grōb… … Word origins
grub — grub1 [grʌb] n [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Probably from GRUB1 2; in sense 1, probably because birds eat grubs] 1.) [U] informal food ▪ Let s get some grub. 2.) an insect when it is in the form of a small soft white worm grub 2 grub2 … Dictionary of contemporary English
grub — n 1. food. The word has existed with this meaning since at least the 17th century, inspired by the action of grubbing around. ► At the weigh in, Reynolds, in the red corner, weighed eight stone, two pounds. Give the poor sod some grub! (Adolf… … Contemporary slang