grubbing

Meanings

• Verb

  The act of digging up or unearthing something, especially food.

  - "Farmers spend hours grubbing up weeds in their fields."
  - "My dog loves to grub around in the garden for buried bones."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with grubbing
stubble , mubble , bubble , rubble

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Variants

List of all variants of grubbing that leads to same result
grub , grubbed , grubber , grubbers , grubbing , grubs

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'to dig up potatoes' or 'to dig up truffles'. Derived from Old English 'grubban' meaning 'to dig'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'grubbing' was first used in print in the late 15th century.

2. Grubbing is also the name of a type of seaweed commonly used as fertilizer in agriculture.

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Related Concepts

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1. foraging: The act of searching for and gathering wild food.

2. prospecting: The act of searching for valuable resources, such as gold or minerals.

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Culture

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In literature, grubbing is often used to describe the act of searching for something with great determination and effort. For example, in J.D. Salinger's 'The Catcher in the Rye', Holden Caulfield grubs around for his lost hat.

How to Memorize "grubbing"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine digging up a potato with a shovel or using a garden fork to unearth earthworms.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'grubbing' with the image of a farmer in overalls, digging up potatoes in a field.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the word 'grubbing' as 'Garden Roots Under Beneath Ground'.

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