grub 1 of 2

noun

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1
as in food
substances intended to be eaten after the game, we headed to the diner for some hearty grub

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2
as in laborer
a person who does very hard or dull work you may have to spend some time working as a grub before challenging work comes your way

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grub

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verb

ˈgrəb How to pronounce grub (audio)
as in to labor
to devote serious and sustained effort grubbing away at the yard work before the first snow of the season

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Recent Examples of grub
Noun
In town, Raquel's Bar on Playa Grande and Isabel's Dominican Shack at La Playita are great options for some grub. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026 Milkweed also attracts ladybugs, which are natural predators of grubs. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 July 2026
Verb
Countless publications and companies, whether The Washington Post or Toast, have created tipping guides to help consumers wade through this morass of money grubbing. — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 26 June 2024 So much of the story takes place firmly in and on the ground, whether its characters are grubbing around the countryside or descending six feet under. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for grub
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grub
  1. food
  2. laborer
  3. labor
  4. provisions
  5. worker
  6. struggle
  7. bread
  8. slave
Noun
  • Drought conditions are also fueling devastating, costly wildfires and reducing crop yields, threatening to push up food prices.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Something extraordinary these episodes illustrate, in our view, is the vulnerability of America’s highly interconnected fresh-food supply chain, in which one grower or supplier problem can ripple astonishingly far.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of food
Noun
  • And the web of contractors, local inspectors, developers, laborers, chipmakers and site managers adds cost, complexity, risk – and delays.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Trump also got into trouble for hiring more than two hundred undocumented Polish laborers to handle the demolition.
    — Kai Bird, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of laborer
Verb
  • That left it to mixed, where the PBR teams labored past Chicago’s youngsters in two close mixed matches to win 3-1 and move onto the next round.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Wrobleski labored his previous two starts, giving up 12 runs and eight homers in 10 1/3 innings.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of labor
Noun
  • Board members would be breaching their fiduciary duty for failing to enforce the provisions of the declaration and must reaffirm their intent to prospectively enforce the declaration by board resolution, and actually do so.
    — Howard Dakoff, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Some provisions may also have additional requirements or be subject to court review.
    — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of provisions
Noun
  • The settlement will be paid by Hyundai Mobis, Kia and local staffing and recruitment agencies that helped find and bring the immigrant workers to Georgia on temporary visas.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • And in Pereira, a CNN team on the ground saw rescue workers and volunteers form a human chain to remove debris and help save those trapped from an apartment building.
    — Rocio Munoz, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of worker
Verb
  • In this edition of the AJC On Campus Roundup, the number of Georgians struggling to pay them back has skyrocketed.
    — Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Some have done so successfully, others have struggled to reach such heights.
    — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of struggle
Noun
  • Bits of pickled veg and infused butters come with the bread course, and the Parker House-like bread itself is multicolored thanks to leftover bits of beet and ramp and carrot.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Zachary Kennedy, the manager of the Hawaiian sweet bread bakery, said water rushed through their factories and retail store, leaving behind around three feet (1 meter) of mud.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of bread
Noun
  • There were a lot of stories about the richer people that went away amid all the political problems, and the people working for them, the descendants of the slaves.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Very few think that America was truly founded when the first slaves arrived in 1619 and that patriotic holidays are oppressive.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 12 Aug. 2026
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