n.
Pronunciation: ' gr ə b
Function: verb
Inflected Form: grubbed ; grub · bing
Etymology: Middle English grubben; akin to Old English grafan to dig ― more at GRAVE
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 : to clear by digging up roots and stumps
2 : to dig up by or as if by the roots
intransitive verb
1 a : to dig in the ground especially for something that is difficult to find or extract b : to search about < grubbed in the countryside for food ― Lamp >
2 : TOIL , DRUDGE < grubbing along at newspaper jobs ― Walter Kirn>
– grub · ber noun