Grub (Verb)
Meaning 1
Search about busily.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The detective grubbed around in the dusty attic for any signs of evidence.
- She grubbed through old notes, trying to find the formula she had written years ago.
- Archaeologists grubbed in the dirt for hours, slowly uncovering the ancient city.
- The investigative journalist grubbed through stacks of documents, searching for discrepancies.
- As kids, they grubbed around in the mud, searching for insects and worms.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Ask for and get free; be a parasite.
Classification
Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
Examples
- He managed to grub a free meal from his friend every week.
- Some people will stop at nothing to grub what they want from others.
- The homeless man had to grub enough change for a bus ticket every morning.
- Those websites always seem to find ways to grub money from unsuspecting users.
- The artist had to develop a strong reputation to avoid having to grub financial support from family members.