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to grub

8.2

To dig in the ground or search through things with hands

verb
/ɡrʌb/

: cavar

He had to grub around in the dirt to find the buried treasure.

Examples

I think there's it seems to be a surprising human preference to kind of grub around and stuff, right.
To prepare the garden for planting, she decided to grub up the old weeds and roots.
After a while, she called Monica to the ivy bed and let Monica grub.

Fiction book (1999)
I learned to grub for roots and even joined in the padre and Rev's prayers that no one would turn us in to the new regime.

Fiction book (2002)
After the storm, the volunteers began to grub out fallen branches from the park.

Synonyms

to root about

vsto grub

7.0

To search through a place or container in a messy way

search by digging busily in soil or among things with hands or tools

Phrasal Verbs

to grub out

6.9

To dig up roots or stumps from the ground

to grub up

7.7

To dig up and remove plants or roots from the ground

Compounds

Grub Street

Offensive

9.9

Writers who make low-quality books or poems to earn money rather than for art

How Thorough

to excavate

28 5.8

to grub

8.2

to dig

912 1.0

to search

∞ 1.0

to rummage

35 3.8

Surface Forms

grub infinitive

grubbed past

grubbed past participle

grubbing present participle

grubs third person singular

Etymology

The verb grub meaning 'to search or dig about' is an old word for digging, so picture hands or a tool 'grubbing' in the dirt to find roots, worms, or lost things.