| NOUN | food | grub, chow, chuck, eats | informal terms for a meal |
|---|---|---|---|
| animal | grub | a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects | |
| VERB | possession | grub, mooch, bum, cadge, sponge | ask for and get free |
| contact | grub | search about busily |
| Sounds | grah'b | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Arab ... washtub: 23 rhymes with ahb... | |
| Meaning | informal terms for a meal. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | chow, chuck, eats | |
| Broader | fare | The food and drink that are regularly served or consumed |
| Spanish | manduca, manducatoria, pitanza | |
| Catalan | manduca, pitança, teca | |
| Meaning | A soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | leatherjacket | tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies |
| maggot | The larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter | |
| Broader | larva | The immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose |
| Spanish | gusano, larva, verme | |
| Catalan | cuc | |
| Adjectives | grubby | infested with grubs |
| Meaning | ask for and get free; be a parasite. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | mooch, bum, cadge, sponge | |
| Narrower | freeload | Live off somebody's generosity |
| Broader | obtain | Come into possession of |
| Spanish | gorronear | |
| Catalan | gorrejar | |
| Meaning | search about busily. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Broader | search, seek, look for | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of |
| Spanish | revolver | |
| Catalan | remenar | |
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