grub
noun
the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
grubbed
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past participleof grub.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof grub.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
grubnounthe thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
Example Sentences
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Prized ancient vineyards across France are being grubbed up.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024
This summer, the Matinicus Rock team grubbed a 32-year-old puffin — one of the original birds in Project Puffin, brought down from Newfoundland as a chick and raised on Seal Island.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2022
“The natural underwood has been grubbed up,” Olmsted wrote at the time, “the trees, to a height of 10 to 15 feet, trimmed to bare poles.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2016
Cyclists helped save many roads from being grubbed up.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2011
After much exhausting digging, he grubbed up four more, ate two, and stuffed two in his jerkin for later.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
