grub
/ɡɹʌb/ verb C2- To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.
- To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; often followed by up. · to grub up trees, rushes, or sedge
- To supply with food.
- To eat.
He/she/it grubs · Past grubbed · Past participle grubbed · -ing form grubbing
Verb forms
- Base form
- grub
- He/she/it
- grubs
- Past
- grubbed
- Past participle
- grubbed
- -ing form
- grubbing
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That, she felt, would be a sweet reward indeed for all her hard work and patient grubbing among unimaginative equations and conjugations.
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