grub
noun
the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
grubbing
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present participleof grub.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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When the rail authority bought the farms surrounding their home, about 50 miles south of Fresno, it let the crops die without grubbing the fields, the source of the pest problem, say the couple.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2021
Much of it, indeed, is conducted at ground level, with Tom grubbing for mushrooms or eating a hard-boiled egg and then strewing the shell fragments around a vegetable patch.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 22, 2018
"This isn't a statesmanlike speech, this is one of somebody grubbing around in the weeds for weak arguments and it's a very poor speech in that regard."
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2018
My grade grubbing was so intense that my Latin teacher called me the “millimeter bandit.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 2, 2017
You couldn’t expect a well-known musician to go grubbing behind a garbage can.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
