grub

bouffe

Mot familier pour la nourriture, surtout un repas qu’on apprécie.

En anglais simple : Food, especially a meal you enjoy.

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

Synonymes : food

Expressions courantes : good grub, pub grub, some grub

larve

Jeune insecte au corps mou et sans ailes, notamment une larve de coléoptère.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : larva

Expressions courantes : white grub, beetle grub, grub in soil

déraciner, creuser

Creuser la terre, notamment pour enlever des plantes avec leurs racines.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : grub up something (We grubbed up the old bushes.); grub something out (They grubbed the roots out before planting.)

Synonymes : dig, uproot

Expressions courantes : grub up roots, grub up trees, grub out weeds

fouiller

Chercher quelque chose en remuant les objets sans soin et en désordre.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : grub around in something (He grubbed around in his bag for a pen.); grub for something (She grubbed for coins in the drawer.)

Synonymes : rummage, rake around

Expressions courantes : grub around, grub for something, grub about