grubbing around
1dig — vb Dig, delve, spade, grub, excavate mean to use a spade or similar utensil in breaking up the ground to a point below the surface and in turning or removing the earth or bringing to the surface of something below it. Dig, the commonest word,… …
2grub — I UK [ɡrʌb] / US noun Word forms grub : singular grub plural grubs 1) [uncountable] very informal food Grub s up (= the food is ready)! 2) [countable] a young insect without wings or legs, like a small worm II UK [ɡrʌb] / US verb… …
3grub — grub1 [ grʌb ] noun 1. ) uncount VERY INFORMAL food: Grub s up (=the food is ready)! 2. ) count a young insect without wings or legs, like a small WORM grub grub 2 [ grʌb ] verb intransitive or transitive to try to find something by moving things …
4grub — 1 noun 1 (U) informal food: Let s get some grub. 2 (C) an insect when it is in the form of a small soft white worm 2 (intransitive always + adv/prep) informal to look for something, especially by moving things, looking under them etc (+… …
5search */*/*/ — I UK [sɜː(r)tʃ] / US [sɜrtʃ] noun Word forms search : singular search plural searches 1) a) [countable] an attempt to find something Despite a thorough search, they found no drugs on him. search for: The authorities carried out several air… …
6grub — [13] Grub ‘dig’ comes ultimately from prehistoric Germanic *grub , perhaps via Old English *grybban, although no record of such a verb has actually come down to us (the related Germanic *grab gave English grave, while a further variant *grōb… …
7grub — n 1. food. The word has existed with this meaning since at least the 17th century, inspired by the action of grubbing around. ► At the weigh in, Reynolds, in the red corner, weighed eight stone, two pounds. Give the poor sod some grub! (Adolf… …
8grub — 1. noun 1) a small black grub Syn: larva; maggot; caterpillar 2) informal we ll grab some grub on the way See food 1) 2. verb 1) they grubbed up the weeds Syn …
9discover */*/*/ — UK [dɪˈskʌvə(r)] / US [dɪˈskʌvər] verb [transitive] Word forms discover : present tense I/you/we/they discover he/she/it discovers present participle discovering past tense discovered past participle discovered Metaphor: Discovering things such… …
10grub — [13] Grub ‘dig’ comes ultimately from prehistoric Germanic *grub , perhaps via Old English *grybban, although no record of such a verb has actually come down to us (the related Germanic *grab gave English grave, while a further variant *grōb… …
