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Definition of grub verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

grub

verb

NAmE//ɡrʌb//

[intransitive] grub (around/about) (for something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they grub

he / she / it grubs

past simple grubbed

-ing form grubbing

to look for something, especially by digging or by looking through or under other things birds grubbing for worms

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