grub
/ɡrʌb/
US pronunciation
American sound/ɡrʌb/
grub
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short u vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
US voice -> grub
Myanmar meaning
(n) သားလောင်းအဆင့်ပိုးကောင်။ အစားအစာ။ (v) တူးဆွရှာဖွေသည်။မွှေနှောက်၍ရှာဖွေသည်။ ဆွဲသည်။ယူသည်။
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၁။ [C] သားလောင်းအဆင့်ပိုးကောင်။
၂။ [U] (infml ) အစားအစာ။ Grub's up (ie The meal is ready)!
v (-bb- )
၁။ ~ around/ about (for sth) (esp in the continuous tenses) တူးဆွရှာဖွေသည်။ မွှေနှောက်၍ ရှာဖွေ သည်။ a dog grubbing for a bone ❍ pigs grubbing around/ about in the dirt ❍ He found what he wanted by grubbing around in the library.
၂။ (US sl ) ဆွဲသည်။ ယူသည်။ Can I grub a cigarette?
❏ grub sth up/ out [PHRV ] တစ်စုံတစ်ရာကို တူးဆွသည်၊ တူးထုတ်သည်။ birds grubbing up worms ❍ grub out a dead tree.
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dig, excavate, dig up, burrow, root out, pull up, uproot, beat, break, bug, caterpillar, centipede, chow, clean, clear, comb, comestibles, creepy-crawly, delve, dredge up, drudge, eats, edibles, entozoon, feed, ferret, fine-tooth-comb, food, forage, grind, hunt, labor, larva, maggot, moil, nosh, nourishment, nurture, plod, poke, prepare, probe, provisions, rake, ransack, rations, root, rummage, scour, search, shovel, slave, slog, spade, sustenance, sweat, toil, uncover, unearth, viands, victuals, vittles, worm
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