grub
grub /ɡrʌb/ noun
grub verb (past tense and past participle grubbed, present participle grubbing) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
کرم حشره، نوزاد، بچه مگس، زحمتکش، (ز.ع) خوراک، خواربار، کوتوله، نویسنده مزدور، زمین کندن، جستجو کردن، جان کندن، ازریشه کندن یا دراوردن، قلع کردن، (مج). از کتاب استخراج کردن، خوردن، غذا دادن
grub(Medical)[noun]Synonyms:- larva, caterpillar, maggot
- food, nosh
(slang), rations, sustenance, victuals
[verb]Synonyms:- dig up, burrow, pull up, root
(informal)- search, ferret, forage, hunt, rummage, scour, uncover, unearth
Related Words: burrow,
poke,
root [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
II. grub2 verb (
past tense and past participle grubbed,
present participle grubbing)
[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] informal to look for something on the ground or just under the ground, especially by moving things around:
Jake got on the floor and grubbed about under the desk.grub for chickens grubbing for wormsgrub something ↔ up/out phrasal verb to dig plants out of the ground:
Farmers were encouraged to grub up hedgerows. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲