simple past tense and past participle of grub

(countable) An insect at an immature stage of its life cycle. / (uncountable, slang) Food. / (Australia, slang) A dirty person. / (Australia, slang) A despicable person; a lowlife.

To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food. / (transitive, intransitive) To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; often followed by up.

plural of grub

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of grub

present participle of grub

The act by which something is grubbed, or dug up.

plural of grubbing

The home or state of impoverished writers and literary hacks.

Fiercely avaricious for money.