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Meaning of Grub | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

ɡɹʌb

Definitions

An insect, especially a beetle, at an immature stage of its life cycle.
countable
Food.
slang, uncountable
A dirty person.
Australia, countable, slang, uncountable
A despicable person; a lowlife.
Australia, countable, slang, uncountable
A short, thick man; a dwarf.
countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية اليرقة يرقة

Беларуская харч

Български ла́рва личинка ровя храна́

Bosanski bašta grub klopa клопа личинка храна

Català manduca

Čeština bašta dlabanec ponrava

Cymraeg sgram

Deutsch Fraß Fressalien Fressen Futter Larve Mampf Wurm

Ελληνικά κάμπια μάσα τρώω

Español condumio larva manduca manducatoria morfe morfi papeo verme

Eesti tõuk

Suomi safka sapuska sörsseli toukka

Français bouffe grub larve

Galego burgo

עברית מזון

हिन्दी पोका

Hrvatski bašta grub kak kak klopa lȃrva клопа ла̑рва личинка храна

Magyar kaja lárva

Հայերեն թրթուր

Bahasa Indonesia larva

Íslenska æti lirfa maðkur matur rota

Italiano bruco larva sbobba

日本語たかるめじ幼虫食い物食べ物

한국어 애벌레 유충

Kurdî grûb kak rota

Latina teredo

Latviešu cirmenis

Македонски храна

Nederlands azen jagen larf larve scharrelen voer vreten

Polski fleja flejtuch glajda gruca kocmołuch larwa pędrak robak szama żarcie

Português gororoba larva

Română larva

Русский жратва личинка ха́вчик харч харчи́

Српски bašta grub klopa клопа личинка храна

Svenska käk larv

ไทย ตัวอ่อน

Türkçe kurtçuk larva yemek

Українська личинка харч хробак

Tiếng Việt ấu trùng

Examples

“pub grub”

“"The rice ration's down to nearly damn-all in the kampongs, but we keep finding dumps of grub in the forest."”

“John Romane, a short clownish grub, would bear the whole carcase of an ox, yet never tugged with him.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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