GRUBBING Synonyms

• the act of digging

• the act of searching for food and provisions

• a group of persons together in one place

• the social act of assembling

• the act of gathering something

• sewing consisting of small folds or puckers made by pulling tight a thread in a line of stitching

• the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow

• diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation

• having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect

• exploring thoroughly

• recover through digging

• find by digging in the ground

• form by hollowing

• remove the inner part or the core of

• a jumble of things to be given away

• a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)

• search haphazardly

• To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material

• To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities

• To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle

• To feed on carrion or refuse

• The act of searching through refuse for useful material.

• That eats carrion

• discover by investigation

• recover through digging

• move (people) forcibly from their homeland into a new and foreign environment

• destroy completely, as if down to the roots

• pull up by or as if by the roots

• the act of digging something up out of the ground (especially a corpse) where it has been buried

• ask for and get free; be a parasite

• obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling

• informal terms for a meal

• the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism

• breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China

• informal terms for a meal

• the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade

• a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill

• throw carelessly

• throw away

• pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin

• eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

• informal terms for a meal

• someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)

• ask for and get free; be a parasite

• a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used

• someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily

• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

• primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies

• wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten

• ask for and get free; be a parasite

• erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard

• soak up with a sponge

• gather sponges, in the ocean