See grub in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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Compare West Frisian krobbe (“beetle”). 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ponder”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gem-pro", "3": "*grub-", "t": "to dig" }, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *grub- (“to dig”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "grub" }, "expansion": "Middle English grub", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "enm", "2": "grub", "t": "dwarfish fellow" }, "expansion": "Middle English grub (“dwarfish fellow”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "fy", "2": "krobbe", "t": "beetle" }, "expansion": "West Frisian krobbe (“beetle”)", "name": "cog" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English grubben, grobben, from Old English *grubbian, from Proto-West Germanic *grubb-, from Proto-Germanic *grubb- (compare Middle Dutch grobben (“to scrape, scramble, grab”), Old High German grubilōn (“to dig, search”), German grübeln (“to meditate, ponder”)), from Proto-Germanic *grub- (“to dig”) (see *grabaną).\nThe noun sense of \"larva\" is from Middle English grub, grubbe, grobbe, crubbe and may derive from the notion of \"digging insect\" from the verb above, or from the uncertainly related Middle English grub (“dwarfish fellow”). Compare West Frisian krobbe (“beetle”). 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[…], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC:", "text": "\"John dear , we must give this little fellow his supper , you know .\"\n“ Of course we must , my darling . \"\n“ He has been grubbing and grubbing at school, ” said Bella", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "To eat." ], "links": [ [ "eat", "eat" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(slang, dated) To eat." ], "tags": [ "dated", "slang" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ɡɹʌb/" }, { "audio": "EN-AU ck1 grub.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/EN-AU_ck1_grub.ogg/EN-AU_ck1_grub.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/EN-AU_ck1_grub.ogg" }, { "audio": "En-us-grub.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3f/En-us-grub.ogg/En-us-grub.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/En-us-grub.ogg" }, { "ipa": "/ɡɹʊb/", "tags": [ "Ireland", "Northern-England" ] }, { "rhymes": "-ʌb" } ], "synonyms": [ { "tags": [ "UK", "dialectal" ], "word": "grob" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "rovja", "sense": "scavenge or scrounge", "word": "ровя" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "scavenge or scrounge", "word": "azen" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "scavenge or scrounge", "word": "jagen" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "scavenge or scrounge", "word": "scharrelen" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "tróo", "sense": "scavenge or scrounge", "word": "τρώω" }, { "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "scavenge or scrounge", "word": "róta" }, { "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "scavenge or scrounge", "word": "róta í" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "takaru", "sense": "scavenge or scrounge", "word": "たかる" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "scavenge or scrounge", "word": "a cauta prin gunoaie" }, { "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "scavenge or scrounge", "word": "a curata (solul de radacini)" } ], "wikipedia": [ "grub" ], "word": "grub" }
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