grub

I

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A larva]

Syn. entozoon, caterpillar, maggot; see worm 1 .

2. [*Food]

Syn. victuals, comestibles, eats*, chow*; see food .

v.

1. [To dig]

Syn. delve, burrow, excavate; see dig 1 .

2. [To clear land]

Syn. uproot stumps, prepare for the plow, break; see clean .

3. [*To work laboriously]

Syn. moil, toil, drudge; see work 1 .

II

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

dig, root, poke, probe, forage, unearth, search, hunt, ferret about, dig, delve, uproot.

III

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To break, turn over, or remove (earth or sand, for example) with or as if with a tool: delve, dig, excavate, scoop, shovel, spade. See ENTER. 2. To do tedious, laborious, and sometimes menial work: drudge, plod, slave, slog. Informal: grind. See WORK. II noun 1. One who works or toils tirelessly: drudge, fag, plodder, slave. Informal: grind, workhorse. See WORK. 2. Slang. Something fit to be eaten: aliment, bread, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, fare, food, foodstuff, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provender, provision (used in plural), sustenance, victual. Slang: chow, eats. See INGESTION.