grub

Betekenis (English)

Noun

1. An insect at an immature stage of its life cycle.
2. (slang) Food.
3. (slang) A dirty person.
4. (slang) A despicable person; a lowlife.
5. (obsolete) A short, thick man; a dwarf.

Verb

1. To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.
2. To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; often followed by up.
3. (slang) To supply with food.
4. (slang) To eat.

Concepten

larve

rooien

opgraven

opduikelen

delven

graven

woelen

spitten

voer

vreten

winnen

uitgraven

rups

🐛

doorgaan

eten

🍽️

fnuiken

fusilleren

gaan door

geruststellen

jagen

kalmeren

kappen

kleinmaken

kost

larvestadium

made

neerdrukken

neerhalen

neerslachtig maken

neervellen

ombrengen

🔪🩸👤

omhakken

ontmoedigen

opduiken

overwinnen

pier

🪱

rupsband

scharrelen

slachten

slopen

terneerdrukken

uitputten

vellen

vernederen

verootmoedigen

verslaan

verzwakken

wippen

worm

🪱

wroeten

zegevieren

😤

de moed ontnemen

neerkomen

omkappen

putten uit

engerling

sloddervos

werkezel

zwoeger

larf

afbreken

azen

afhakken

afhouwen

afkappen

afleggen

aflopen

afslachten

bedaren

bevangen

deprimeren

doden

🔪🩸👤

doodmaken

doodschieten

Synonyms

maggot

larva

caterpillar

🐛

dig

drudge

worm

🪱

eats

excavate

chuck

feed

spade

sponge

🧽

rummage

chow

bum

weevil

fare

larvae

dirty creature

food

🍽️

cadge

dig up

poke

toil

eradicate

mooch

root

drop

earthworm

eat

🍽️

embryo

enervate

enfeeble

exhaust

extirpate

general term

go through

hack

humiliate

kill

🔪🩸👤

labor

liquidate

moil

mortify

moth

nosh

nourishment

nutriment

nuzzle

overcome

overthrow

pabulum

pass through

pull down

quarry

quiet

quiten

rake

rake up

ransack

rifle

rout

scoop out

shoot

shoot dead

slaughter

slay

slut

soothe

still

stub

subsist

surmount

sustenance

tackle

take down

taro

tranquilize

unroot

uproot

use up

vanquish

viand

wallow

weaken

win over

caterpillar track

delve into

sprog

plain food

entozoon

nutrition

white grub

abase

wire worm

aliment

appease

assuage

beat

beetle

🪲

breakdown

butcher

calm

carve

chase

chop

chrysalis

comestibles

cover

creepy-crawly

cut off

cutworm

defeat

delve

demolish

depress

diet

dig out

discourage

dishearten

down

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɡɹʌb/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Middelengels: grubben

Inherited from Oudengels: *grubbian

Cognate with Middelnederlands: grobben

Cognate with Oudhoogduits: grubilōn

Cognate with Duits: grübeln

Inherited from Middelengels: grub

Cognate with Middelengels: grub

Cognate with Fries: krobbe

In summary

From Middle English grubben, grobben, from Old English *grubbian, from Proto-West Germanic *grubb-, from Proto-Germanic *grubb- (compare Middle Dutch grobben (“to scrape, scramble, grab”), Old High German grubilōn (“to dig, search”), German grübeln (“to meditate, ponder”)), from Proto-Germanic *grub- (“to dig”) (see *grabaną).
The noun sense of "larva" is from Middle English grub, grubbe, grobbe, crubbe and may derive from the notion of "digging insect" from the verb above, or from the uncertainly related Middle English grub (“dwarfish fellow”). Compare West Frisian krobbe (“beetle”). The slang sense of "food" is first recorded 1659, and has been linked with birds eating grubs or with bub (“drink”).