grub

comida

Manera informal de referirse a la comida, especialmente una que se disfruta.

En inglés sencillo: Food, especially a meal you enjoy.

• Let us get some grub.
• The pub serves excellent grub.
• Where can we find cheap grub around here?

Sinónimos: food

Expresiones frecuentes: good grub, pub grub, some grub

larva

Insecto joven de cuerpo blando y sin alas, especialmente de escarabajo.

En inglés sencillo: A young insect, especially a beetle, with a soft body and no wings.

• A bird ate the grub.
• We found white grubs under the lawn.
• This grub will eventually become a beetle.

Sinónimos: larva

Expresiones frecuentes: white grub, beetle grub, grub in soil

desarraigar, cavar

Cavar en el suelo, especialmente para sacar plantas con sus raíces.

En inglés sencillo: To dig into the ground, especially to remove plants and their roots.

• They grubbed up the weeds.
• We spent the morning grubbing out tree roots.
• He used a spade to grub around the stump.

Cómo se usa: grub up something (We grubbed up the old bushes.); grub something out (They grubbed the roots out before planting.)

Sinónimos: dig, uproot

Expresiones frecuentes: grub up roots, grub up trees, grub out weeds

rebuscar

Buscar algo removiendo las cosas de forma brusca y desordenada.

En inglés sencillo: To search for something by moving things around in a rough, untidy way.

• He began to grub around.
• She grubbed through the papers for her receipt.
• What are you grubbing for in that cupboard?

Cómo se usa: grub around in something (He grubbed around in his bag for a pen.); grub for something (She grubbed for coins in the drawer.)

Sinónimos: rummage, rake around

Expresiones frecuentes: grub around, grub for something, grub about