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PRONUNCIATION OF GRUBBING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRUBBING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Grubbing is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb grubbing in English.

WHAT DOES GRUBBING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Grubbing

Grubbing or clearing refers to the removal of trees, shrubs, stumps and rubbish from the future right-of-way of a transportation corridor, cut lines or the footprint of a structure. Grubbing is performed following surveying and preceding construction.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GRUBBING

PRESENT

Present
I grub
you grub
he/she/it grubs
we grub
you grub
they grub
Present continuous
I am grubbing
you are grubbing
he/she/it is grubbing
we are grubbing
you are grubbing
they are grubbing
Present perfect
I have grubbed
you have grubbed
he/she/it has grubbed
we have grubbed
you have grubbed
they have grubbed
Present perfect continuous
I have been grubbing
you have been grubbing
he/she/it has been grubbing
we have been grubbing
you have been grubbing
they have been grubbing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I grubbed
you grubbed
he/she/it grubbed
we grubbed
you grubbed
they grubbed
Past continuous
I was grubbing
you were grubbing
he/she/it was grubbing
we were grubbing
you were grubbing
they were grubbing
Past perfect
I had grubbed
you had grubbed
he/she/it had grubbed
we had grubbed
you had grubbed
they had grubbed
Past perfect continuous
I had been grubbing
you had been grubbing
he/she/it had been grubbing
we had been grubbing
you had been grubbing
they had been grubbing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will grub
you will grub
he/she/it will grub
we will grub
you will grub
they will grub
Future continuous
I will be grubbing
you will be grubbing
he/she/it will be grubbing
we will be grubbing
you will be grubbing
they will be grubbing
Future perfect
I will have grubbed
you will have grubbed
he/she/it will have grubbed
we will have grubbed
you will have grubbed
they will have grubbed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been grubbing
you will have been grubbing
he/she/it will have been grubbing
we will have been grubbing
you will have been grubbing
they will have been grubbing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would grubbing
you would grubbing
he/she/it would grubbing
we would grubbing
you would grubbing
they would grubbing
Conditional continuous
I would be grubbing
you would be grubbing
he/she/it would be grubbing
we would be grubbing
you would be grubbing
they would be grubbing
Conditional perfect
I would have grubbing
you would have grubbing
he/she/it would have grubbing
we would have grubbing
you would have grubbing
they would have grubbing
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been grubbing
you would have been grubbing
he/she/it would have been grubbing
we would have been grubbing
you would have been grubbing
they would have been grubbing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you grub
we let´s grub
you grub
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to grub
Past participle
grubbed
Present Participle
grubbing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRUBBING

grub
grub hoe
grub screw
Grub Street
grubbed
grubber
grubbier
grubbiest
grubbily
grubbiness
grubbing hoe
grubby
grubstake
grudge
grudge match
grudgeful
grudging
grudgingly
grue
gruel

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRUBBING

attention-grabbing
back-stabbing
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blabbing
bobbing
clubbing
cribbing
dubbing
grabbing
mobbing
nabbing
nightclubbing
robbing
rubbing
scrubbing
sobbing
stabbing
stubbing
subbing
throbbing
webbing

Synonyms and antonyms of grubbing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GRUBBING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «grubbing» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of grubbing
burrow · caterpillar · dig · eats · feed · ferret · food · forage · fossick · hunt · kai · larva · maggot · nosebag · nosh · probe · rations · root · rootle · rummage · scour · search · sustenance · tack · victuals

Translation of «grubbing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRUBBING

Find out the translation of grubbing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of grubbing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grubbing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

筹钱
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arranque
570 millions of speakers

English

grubbing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

grubbing
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العزق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

корчевание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arranque
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

grubbing
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

arrachage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Grubbing
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rodung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

grubbing
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

밥 먹고
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Grubbing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Đào xới
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுருட்டும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओबडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Grubbing
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

estirpazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

karczowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

корчування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

defrișare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκρίζωσης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rooien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

röjnings
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grubbing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grubbing

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRUBBING»

The term «grubbing» is regularly used and occupies the 104.320 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRUBBING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «grubbing» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «grubbing» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grubbing

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRUBBING»

Discover the use of grubbing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grubbing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Grubbing: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Use in Literature MaxesMax Fast, a garment worker, tells of such an instance.ndash;Charles Morris (editor) in The San Francisco Calamity.And in this respect, too, as you see, Max had no special peculiarities.ndash;Leonid Andreyev in The ...
‎2008
2
Handbook of Clearing and Grubbing Methods and Cost
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Halbert Powers Gillette, 2010
3
Secrets of a Stingy Scoundrel: 100 Dirty Little ...
Hilarious, tongue-in-cheek, and sardonically practical, this is the book for everyone who loves rule-bending, loophole-exploiting, money-saving madness. In this economy, it’s every man for himself and dog-eat-dog—and this book can help.
Phil Villarreal, 2013
4
Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania
One lock 6 feet lift at $600 $3600 00 Section 93 length 18ch Excavation 2544 yds at 6 cents 152 64 Embankment 5522 yds at 9cts 496 98 94 length 21 Excavation 2835 yds at 6 cents 170 10 Embankment 3717 yds. at 9cts 334 53 Grubbing in ...
Samuel Hazard, 1828
5
The Register of Pennsylvania: devoted to the preservation of ...
72 Farm bridge No 77 and 78 fencing.locks No 15 and 16, waste weir No 13 grubbing, excavation and embankment 73 Farm bridge No 79 fencing, grubbing, excavation and embankment 74 Fencing, lock No 17, grubbing, excavation and ...
Samuel Hazard, 1829
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The Register of Pennsylvania
Clearing 60 feet wide, grubbing 30 feet wide, 4400 feet running measure at 5 cents 220 00 Cubic yards common excavation 8417. 11 at 8, 673 37 do. fast rock, 1041.45 at 46 479 06 Cubic yds. loose rock, 2082.91, at 30, 624 87 Do embank't,  ...
‎1831
7
The Biologic and Economic Assessment of 2,4,5-T: A Report of ...
Grubbing has not been successful on deep sands where heavy accumulations of soil occur around the base of the woody plants, increasing the effective depth requirement for grubbing, or where shallow rocky soils prevail. Most effective ...
‎1982
8
Journal of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth ...
65 Fencing, waste weir No 10 grubbing escavatiotf, and embankment and wall outside , 15,808 S.O G6 Road bridge N<> 7-2 li-iTcitij;. locks No 13 and 14 « waste ui'ir N" ll.giubbing, excavation and embankment ami wall outside 11,383 59 G* ...
Pennsylvania. General Assembly. House, 1829
9
Congressional edition
For Clearing, grubbing, cutting canals, and grading, the 29th mile; clearing and grubbing 25 cents per rod, cutting canals 10 cents cubic yard, grading $3 25 rod. For clearing, grubbing, cutting canals, and grading, the 30th mile; clearing and ...
United States. Congress, 1832
10
Brush Management: Past, Present, Future
There was a definite shift in mechanical methods of brush control during the 45- year period ( 1 930 -75), from the use of hand grubbing of small acreages to chaining or chopping of extensive acreages to rootplowing and seeding of smaller ...
Wayne T. Hamilton, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRUBBING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grubbing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Buckley: For Pap, greed is good
But in an age when we constantly question whether pro athletes are nothing but greedy, money-grubbing capitalists, Papelbon removes the ... «Boston Herald, Jul 15»
2
Scott Walker Gets in the Race
... for her phoniness, her wide-eyed baby talk, her lies, her greedy, money-grubbing activities, and her imperialistic dismissal of the rules of law. «White House Dossier, Jul 15»
3
Remembering Woodbridge: A History of the Late, Great 'Secret …
Kip was seduced by Nina DiFrancesco, the money-grubbing daughter of the Spanish professor, and made her pregnant. When Nina ... «We Love Soaps, Jul 15»
4
Steven Moffat on Doctor Who movie: "nobody is trying to make a fast …
Nevertheless, Moffat was quick to defend the corporations against accusations of money grubbing, saying “mainly what I think is nobody at all, ... «Radio Times, Jul 15»
5
Harper's minions opt for Trump-style racism to get votes
That number is none and it should stay none until Harper and his power-grubbing minions produce evidence for the unsubstantiated claim. «iPolitics.ca, Jul 15»
6
Solicitors Tricks To Increase Fees and Income
... prepared for the buyer and seller – we would be joining the million or so Brits being fleeced each year by greedy money-grubbing Solicitors. «Property118, Jul 15»
7
Kid Rock tells blacks who oppose Confederate Flag to 'kiss his a–'
Today, he comes off as a rapacious, money-grubbing parasite who borrowed (or rather stole) enough of black culture and music to become a ... «Chicago Defender, Jul 15»
8
Exclusive: New Zealand promise to vote for Coe to become next …
... 1500 metres gold medallist had claimed at the time his visit was about "listening and engaging" and he was not there "grubbing for votes". «Insidethegames.biz, Jul 15»
9
Generous CONSERVATIVE REVIEW Essay On Coulter's ADIOS …
... Republican consultants, and money-grubbing churches. Even stalwarts on other conservative issues like the Wall Street Journal, are with the ... «VDARE.com, Jul 15»
10
First Flight ready to clear land at Southland Executive Airport
First Flight Holdings, LLC, will soon began clearing and grubbing land at Southland Executive Airport in order to install a road off La. Hwy. «Sulphur Southwest Daily News, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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