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Grub, grub, grub."
Made, Made, Made!«
Forsyth, Frederick / The fist of godForsyth, Frederick / Die Faust Gottes
Die Faust Gottes
Forsyth, Frederick
© 1994 by Transworld Publisher Ltd., London
© 1994 by C. Bertelsmann Verlag, München
The fist of god
Forsyth, Frederick
© 1995 by Bantam Books
Then they chant a spell, transform themselves into grubs and creep back among the roots of the witchetty bushes where these grubs usually live.
Dann singen sie einen Zauberspruch, verwandeln sich in Larven und kriechen in die Wurzeln der Büsche zurück, wo diese Larven gewöhnlich hausen.
Canetti, Elias / Crowds and PowerCanetti, Elias / Masse und Macht
Masse und Macht
Canetti, Elias
© by Claassen Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1960
Crowds and Power
Canetti, Elias
© 1960 by Claassen Verlag, Hamburg
© 1962, 1973 by Victor Gollancz Ltd
The stranger beheld the great bundle of fat and juicy grubs which had been collected by the brothers of Lukara, and he lusted after them.
Er sieht die fetten Larven der Lukara-Brüder, und es gelüstet ihn danach.
Canetti, Elias / Crowds and PowerCanetti, Elias / Masse und Macht
Masse und Macht
Canetti, Elias
© by Claassen Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1960
Crowds and Power
Canetti, Elias
© 1960 by Claassen Verlag, Hamburg
© 1962, 1973 by Victor Gollancz Ltd
the dates for the submission of applications and for the execution of grubbing-up;
die Zeitpunkte für die Antragstellung und die Durchführung der Rodung;
After the experimental period, either the areas concerned should be grubbed up or planting rights should be used to allow them to produce normally.
Nach dem Versuchszeitraum sollten die betreffenden Flächen gerodet werden, oder sie dürfen mittels Pflanzungsrechten für die normale Erzeugung genutzt werden.
the grubbing-up of all banana trees on the holding where the area planted to bananas is less than five hectares;
bei Plantagen mit einer Fläche von weniger als 5 ha alle Bananenstauden seines Betriebs und
In the other myth the rather of the grubs is lying asleep at the foot of a witchetty bush.
Im anderen Mythus liegt der Vater der Larven, dessen Name nicht angegeben ist, am Fuße eines Strauches und schläft.
Canetti, Elias / Crowds and PowerCanetti, Elias / Masse und Macht
Masse und Macht
Canetti, Elias
© by Claassen Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1960
Crowds and Power
Canetti, Elias
© 1960 by Claassen Verlag, Hamburg
© 1962, 1973 by Victor Gollancz Ltd
Witchetty grubs — the larvae of ghost moths — and beetles.
Witchettty grubs, Larven von Motten und Käfern.
Nooteboom, Cees / Lost ParadiseNooteboom, Cees / Paradies verloren
Paradies verloren
Nooteboom, Cees
© Cees Nooteboom 2004
© der deutschen Ausgabe Suhrkamp Verlag Frankfurt am Main 2005
Lost Paradise
Nooteboom, Cees
© Cees Nooteboom 2004
© Susan Massotty 2007
planting was carried out after 1 May 1998 and before 1 November 1998, and was accompanied by grubbing in that period of a number (to be specified) of olive trees in production.
oder aber die Pflanzungen wurden nach dem 1. Mai durchgeführt, jedoch vor dem 1. November 1998, wobei während dieses Zeitraums eine zu nennende Anzahl von im Ertrag stehenden Ölbäumen gerodet wurde.
by using retrospective replanting rights for the area concerned where the wine producer concerned had previously grubbed-up other vines on an equivalent area; or
durch Ausübung ruckwirkender Wiederbepflanzungsrechte für die betreffende Flache, sofern der betreffende Weinbauer zuvor andere Reben auf einer gleichwertigen Flache gerodet hat;
© Europäische Union, 1998-2011
© European Union, 1998-2011
The stranger offered his own bundle of grubs in exchange for the juicy Lukara grubs. But the stranger's grubs were all long and thin and poor creatures.
Er bietet ihnen seine eigenen Larven, die lang, mager und armselig waren, zum Austausch an.
Canetti, Elias / Crowds and PowerCanetti, Elias / Masse und Macht
Masse und Macht
Canetti, Elias
© by Claassen Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1960
Crowds and Power
Canetti, Elias
© 1960 by Claassen Verlag, Hamburg
© 1962, 1973 by Victor Gollancz Ltd
These two myths deal with two entirely different ancestors, one of whom is the father of the bandicoots, the other of the witchetty grubs.
Diese beiden Mythen handeln von zwei ganz verschiedenen Ahnen: Der eine ist der Vater der Bandicoots oder Beutelratten, der andere der Vater der Witchetty-Larven.
Canetti, Elias / Crowds and PowerCanetti, Elias / Masse und Macht
Masse und Macht
Canetti, Elias
© by Claassen Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1960
Crowds and Power
Canetti, Elias
© 1960 by Claassen Verlag, Hamburg
© 1962, 1973 by Victor Gollancz Ltd
We get the impression that to them food and transformation are closely allied; their desire to turn into grubs appears to spring from their pleasure in eating them.
Man hat den Eindruck, daß Verwandlung und Nahrung bei ihnen eng zusammengehören. Es ist, als erwache ihr Gelüste, zu Larven zu werden, daran, daß sie sie so gerne essen.
Canetti, Elias / Crowds and PowerCanetti, Elias / Masse und Macht
Masse und Macht
Canetti, Elias
© by Claassen Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1960
Crowds and Power
Canetti, Elias
© 1960 by Claassen Verlag, Hamburg
© 1962, 1973 by Victor Gollancz Ltd
In the second myth about the father of the grubs the connection between food and progeny is similar, though not identical.
In der zweiten Geschichte, die vom Vater der Larven handelt, ist der Zusammenhang zwischen Nachkommenschaft und Nahrung ein ähnlicher, aber doch nicht ganz derselbe.
Canetti, Elias / Crowds and PowerCanetti, Elias / Masse und Macht
Masse und Macht
Canetti, Elias
© by Claassen Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1960
Crowds and Power
Canetti, Elias
© 1960 by Claassen Verlag, Hamburg
© 1962, 1973 by Victor Gollancz Ltd
One day, however, their flesh turns to grubs in his bowels.
Eines Tages verwandelt sich ihr Fleisch in seinen Eingeweiden zu Larven.
Canetti, Elias / Crowds and PowerCanetti, Elias / Masse und Macht
Masse und Macht
Canetti, Elias
© by Claassen Verlag GmbH, Hamburg 1960
Crowds and Power
Canetti, Elias
© 1960 by Claassen Verlag, Hamburg
© 1962, 1973 by Victor Gollancz Ltd

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cock chafer grub
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grub screw
Gewindestift
grub screw
Madenschraube
tree-grubbing machine
Baumrodemaschine

Word forms

grub

verb
Basic forms
Pastgrubbed
Imperativegrub
Present Participle (Participle I)grubbing
Past Participle (Participle II)grubbed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I grubwe grub
you grubyou grub
he/she/it grubsthey grub
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am grubbingwe are grubbing
you are grubbingyou are grubbing
he/she/it is grubbingthey are grubbing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have grubbedwe have grubbed
you have grubbedyou have grubbed
he/she/it has grubbedthey have grubbed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been grubbingwe have been grubbing
you have been grubbingyou have been grubbing
he/she/it has been grubbingthey have been grubbing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I grubbedwe grubbed
you grubbedyou grubbed
he/she/it grubbedthey grubbed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was grubbingwe were grubbing
you were grubbingyou were grubbing
he/she/it was grubbingthey were grubbing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had grubbedwe had grubbed
you had grubbedyou had grubbed
he/she/it had grubbedthey had grubbed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been grubbingwe had been grubbing
you had been grubbingyou had been grubbing
he/she/it had been grubbingthey had been grubbing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will grubwe shall/will grub
you will grubyou will grub
he/she/it will grubthey will grub
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be grubbingwe shall/will be grubbing
you will be grubbingyou will be grubbing
he/she/it will be grubbingthey will be grubbing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have grubbedwe shall/will have grubbed
you will have grubbedyou will have grubbed
he/she/it will have grubbedthey will have grubbed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been grubbingwe shall/will have been grubbing
you will have been grubbingyou will have been grubbing
he/she/it will have been grubbingthey will have been grubbing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would grubwe should/would grub
you would grubyou would grub
he/she/it would grubthey would grub
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be grubbingwe should/would be grubbing
you would be grubbingyou would be grubbing
he/she/it would be grubbingthey would be grubbing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have grubbedwe should/would have grubbed
you would have grubbedyou would have grubbed
he/she/it would have grubbedthey would have grubbed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been grubbingwe should/would have been grubbing
you would have been grubbingyou would have been grubbing
he/she/it would have been grubbingthey would have been grubbing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am grubbedwe are grubbed
you are grubbedyou are grubbed
he/she/it is grubbedthey are grubbed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being grubbedwe are being grubbed
you are being grubbedyou are being grubbed
he/she/it is being grubbedthey are being grubbed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been grubbedwe have been grubbed
you have been grubbedyou have been grubbed
he/she/it has been grubbedthey have been grubbed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was grubbedwe were grubbed
you were grubbedyou were grubbed
he/she/it was grubbedthey were grubbed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being grubbedwe were being grubbed
you were being grubbedyou were being grubbed
he/she/it was being grubbedthey were being grubbed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been grubbedwe had been grubbed
you had been grubbedyou had been grubbed
he/she/it had been grubbedthey had been grubbed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be grubbedwe shall/will be grubbed
you will be grubbedyou will be grubbed
he/she/it will be grubbedthey will be grubbed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been grubbedwe shall/will have been grubbed
you will have been grubbedyou will have been grubbed
he/she/it will have been grubbedthey will have been grubbed

grub

noun
SingularPlural
Common casegrubgrubs
Possessive casegrub'sgrubs'