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  • 11grub|by — «GRUHB ee», adjective, bi|er, bi|est. 1. dirty; grimy; slovenly: »a grubby lot Of sooty sweeps (Thomas Hood). She was an exceptionally grubby girl fat, sloppily dressed, and, like Willard, uncommunicative (New Yorker …

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  • 12grub — → graben * * * grub: ↑ graben. * * * grub: ↑graben …

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  • 13grub — ► NOUN 1) the larva of an insect, especially a beetle. 2) informal food. ► VERB (grubbed, grubbing) 1) dig shallowly in soil. 2) (grub up) dig (something) up. 3) …

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  • 14grub — [grub] vi. grubbed, grubbing [ME grubben, to dig, prob. < OE * grybban (akin to OHG grubilōn, to bore into): for IE base see GRAVE2] 1. to dig in the ground 2. to work hard, esp. at something menial or tedious; drudge 3. to search about;… …

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  • 15Grub — (gr[u^]b), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Grubbed} (gr[u^]bd), p. pr. & vb. n. {Grubbing}.] [OE. grubbin., cf. E. grab, grope.] 1. To dig in or under the ground, generally for an object that is difficult to reach or extricate; to be occupied in digging.… …

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  • 16grub — grȗb prid. <odr. ī, komp. grȕbljī> DEFINICIJA 1. pod dodirom hrapav, bez glatkoće i mekoće 2. pren. bez blagosti i nježnosti; neosjetljiv, surov (o osobama) 3. ovlašno izrađen, nabačen, tek zacrtan [u grubim crtama] 4. ostavljen u prirodnom …

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  • 17Grub — Grub, so v.w. Gruob …

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  • 18grȗb — prid. 〈odr. ī, komp. gr‹bljī〉 1. {{001f}}pod dodirom hrapav, bez glatkoće i mekoće 2. {{001f}}pren. bez blagosti i nježnosti; surov, neosjetljiv (o osobama), rabijatan 3. {{001f}}ovlašno izrađen, nabačen, tek zacrtan [u ∼im crtama] 4.… …

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  • 19grub — vb *dig, delve, spade, excavate …

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  • 20grub- Ⅰ — *grub germ.?, Verb: nhd. zerreiben?; ne. grind (Verb); Rekontruktionsbasis: ae.?; Etymologie: idg. *gʰrēu (2), *gʰrəu , *gʰrū , Verb, reiben, zerreiben …

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