grub up

• Verbe à particule signifiant déterrer quelque chose du sol, en particulier des racines ou des souches, ou éliminer complètement quelque chose.

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

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Dig up or removeinformalbritish

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

   Déraciner ou arracher du sol

   • 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.

   Synonymesdig outextractgrub outpull uproot outuproot

2. Search for foodinformalbritish

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

   Fouiller pour trouver de la nourriture

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

   Synonymesdigforagerootrummagescavenge

Verbe de basegrub