Main Entry: ¹grub

Pronunciation: \ˈgrəb\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): grubbed; grub·bing

Etymology: Middle English grubben; akin to Old English grafan to dig — more at grave

Date: 14th century

transitive verb 1 : to clear by digging up roots and stumps
2 : to dig up by or as if by the rootsintransitive verb 1 a : to dig in the ground especially for something that is difficult to find or extract b : to search about <grubbed in the countryside for food — Lamp>
2 : toil, drudge <grubbing along at newspaper jobs — Walter Kirn>

— grub·ber noun