grub
verb/ɡrʌb/
/ɡrʌb/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they grub | /ɡrʌb/ /ɡrʌb/ |
| he / she / it grubs | /ɡrʌbz/ /ɡrʌbz/ |
| past simple grubbed | /ɡrʌbd/ /ɡrʌbd/ |
| past participle grubbed | /ɡrʌbd/ /ɡrʌbd/ |
| -ing form grubbing | /ˈɡrʌbɪŋ/ /ˈɡrʌbɪŋ/ |
- grub (around/about) (for something) to look for something, especially by digging or by looking through or under other things
- birds grubbing for worms
Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps related to Dutch grobbelen, also to the noun grave1.Want to learn more?
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