grub up

• Фразовый глагол, означающий выкапывать что-либо из земли, особенно корни или пни, или полностью удалять что-либо.

A phrasal verb meaning to dig something out of the ground, especially roots or stumps, or to remove something completely.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. Dig up or removeinformalbritish

   To dig up plants, roots, or stumps from the ground, often to clear land.

   Выкорчевать

   • The farmer grubbed up the old hedgerow to expand the field.
   • They spent the weekend grubbing up weeds from the garden.
   • The construction crew grubbed up the tree stumps before building.

   Synonymsdig outextractgrub outpull uproot outuproot

2. Search for foodinformalbritish

   To search for or obtain food, often by digging or foraging.

   Добывать пищу

   • The pigs grubbed up roots in the forest.
   • We grubbed up some wild mushrooms for dinner.
   • The children grubbed up snacks from the kitchen.

   Synonymsdigforagerootrummagescavenge

Base verbgrub