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121grub — 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 …
122root — 1. noun 1) a plant s roots Syn: rootstock, tuber, rootlet; Botany rhizome, radicle 2) the root of the problem Syn: source, origin, germ, beginning(s), genesis; cause, reason …
123grub — v 1. dig, delve, spade, excavate, unearth, disinter; root out, uproot, deracinate, extirpate, extract, pull or tear out, extricate; search, seek, hunt, probe, rummage, ferret out, explore, mine. 2. study, labor over, peruse, scrutinize; inspect,… …
124search — v 1. go through, look through, investigate, hunt through, rummage or plow through, scrounge around; explore, examine, frisk; scrutinize, peruse, inspect; sift, sift through, winnow, comb, go through with a finetooth comb; fish for, cast about… …
125root — 1. noun 1) the root of the problem Syn: source, origin, cause, reason, basis, foundation, bottom, seat 2) (roots) Syn: origins, beginnings, family …
126brownie — Now the standard term for a helpful household *fairy anywhere in Britain, but when first recorded in the early 16th century a dialect word limited to Lowland Scotland and the English Border counties; many of the early descriptions are Scottish …
127root — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a the part of a plant normally below the ground, attaching it to the earth and conveying nourishment to it from the soil. b (in pl.) such a part divided into branches or fibres. c the corresponding organ of an epiphyte; the part… …
128fossick — v.intr. Austral. & NZ colloq. 1 (foll. by about, around) rummage, search. 2 search for gold etc. in abandoned workings. Derivatives: fossicker n. Etymology: 19th c.: cf. dial. fossick bustle about …
