Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - grub
Grub
grub
n. & v. --n. 1 the larva of an insect, esp. of a beetle. 2 colloq. food. --v. (grubbed, grubbing) 1 tr. & intr. dig superficially. 2 tr. a clear (the ground) of roots and stumps. b clear away (roots etc.). 3 tr. (foll. by up, out) a fetch by digging (grubbing up weeds). b extract (information etc.) by searching in books etc. 4 intr. search, rummage. 5 intr. (foll. by on, along, away) toil, plod. Phrases and idioms grub-screw a small headless screw, esp. used to attach a handle etc. to a spindle. Derivatives grubber n. (also in comb.). Etymology: ME, (v.) perh. corresp. to OE grybban (unrecorded) f. Gmc
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I. verb (~bed; ~bing) see: grave Date: 14th century transitive verb to clear by digging up roots and stumps, to dig up by or as if by the roots, intransitive verb 1. to dig in the ground especially for something that is difficult to find or extract, to search about , toil, drudge , ~ber noun II. noun Etymology: Middle English ~be, from ~ben Date: 15th century a soft thick wormlike larva of an insect (as a beetle), 2. one who does menial work ; drudge, a slovenly person, food ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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