grubbing

/หˆษกษนสŒbษชล‹/

IPA: /G R AH1 B IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

    To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food.

  2. 2

    To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; often followed by up.

    โ€œto grub up trees, rushes, or sedgeโ€

  3. 3

    To supply with food.

  4. 4

    To eat.

noun
  1. 1

    The act by which something is grubbed, or dug up.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grub, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grubbing