| grub | (noun) a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects | - |
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| (noun) informal terms for a meal | Synonyms: chow, chuck, eats |
| (verb) search about busily | - |
| (verb) ask for and get free; be a parasite | Synonyms: bum, cadge, mooch, sponge |
| grubbily | (adverb) in a dingy manner | Synonyms: dingily, grungily |
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| grubbiness | (noun) the state of being grimy | Synonyms: griminess |
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| grubby | (adjective) infested with grubs | - |
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| (adjective) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot | Synonyms: begrimed, dingy, grimy, grungy, raunchy |
| (noun) small sculpin of the coast of New England | Synonyms: Myxocephalus aenaeus |
| grubstake | (noun) funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits | - |
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| (verb) supply with funds in return for a promised share of profits | - |