grub

IPA: grˈʌb

To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.
(transitive, intransitive) To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; often followed by up.
(slang, dated, transitive) To supply with food.
(slang, dated) To eat.

Examples of "grub" in Sentences

Variety in the grub is a welcome to the men as nuggets.
"It's food -- what you call grub," explained Hassan proudly.
I use the term grub in its broadest and most comprehensive sense.
"But keepin 'grub back an hour ain't goin' to hurt none, I reckon."
"Remember, my last bit of grub is yours," he reassured her, still holding her hand.
I can take my medicine an 'lick the spoon, but three days' grub is drawin 'it a shade fine, that's all, an' I hereby register my kick.
Oh, I'm Del Bishop, pocket-miner; and if ever we run across each other, remember I'd give you the last shirt -- I mean, remember my last bit of grub is yours.
Any my wife can't stop complaining about what I call my grub scrubs: an admittedly ill-fitting pair of shorts that are held together with a safety pin - three actually clipped together - a pair of purple, grass-stained Chuck Taylors and a wife-beater that no longer completely covers my mid-section.