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Definition of grub verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

grub

verb
 
/ɡrʌb/
 
/ɡrʌb/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
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/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. 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.
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