grubbed in English
verb
1
dig or poke superficially at the earth; dig shallowly in soil.
the damage done to pastures by badgers grubbing for worms
2
search for something in a clumsy and unmethodical manner; rummage.
I began grubbing about in the wastepaper basket to find the envelope
verb
Use "grubbed" in a sentence
Below are sample sentences containing the word "grubbed" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "grubbed", or refer to the context using the word "grubbed" in the English Dictionary.
1. Good arable farmers grubbed them up.
2. 17 Jake got on the floor and grubbed about under the desk.
3. 20 The trees were grubbed up to make way for a new road.
4. Arrentation the process of arrenting (Ja, 296) ash tough wood used especially for tool handles, cart shafts; wheel felloes &c (Je, 72-73) assart (n) area of clearance in woodland or waste; cultivated forest land from which trees have been grubbed up; (v) the act of clearing (R, 165); grub up trees and underwood of forest land to convert to