grub
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(noun) a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects |
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Related Words: larva, leatherjacket, maggot |
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(verb) give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" |
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Synonyms: feed, give |
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Related Words: aliment, bottlefeed, breakfast, breastfeed, cater, corn, crop, dine, fodder, force-feed, give suck, graze, inject, lactate, lunch, nourish, nurse, nutrify, overfeed, pasture, ply, provide, range, regurgitate, scavenge, slop, spoonfeed, suck, suckle, sup, supply, swill, wet-nurse |
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(verb) search busily; "ferret out the truth" |
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Synonyms: ferret |
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Related Words: look for, search, seek |
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(verb) ask for and get free; be a parasite |
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Synonyms: bum, cadge, mooch, sponge |
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Related Words: freeload, obtain |
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(noun) informal terms for a meal |
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Synonyms: chow, chuck, eats |
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Related Words: fare |
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