shrub out
C1 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
To dig up and get rid of bushes from a piece of land.
Literal meaning: To take shrubs out of the ground — entirely transparent.
Meanings
1 C1 neutral
To remove shrubs and bushes from a piece of land.
"We spent the weekend shrubbing out the overgrown corner of the garden."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Specialist gardening or land-clearing terminology. Not widely used in general conversation. Most native speakers would say 'clear the shrubs' or 'remove the bushes' instead.
Commonly used with
garden plot land clearing overgrown area
Forms
Base
shrub out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
shrubs out
he/she/it
Past simple
shrubed out
yesterday
Past participle
shrubed out
have + pp
-ing form
shrubing out
continuous
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