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1. (v.i.) grovel
to humble oneself or act in an abject manner.
2. grovel
to lie or crawl with the face downward and the body prostrate in abject humility, fear, etc.
3. grovel
to take pleasure in base things.
Etymology: (1585–95; back formation from obs. groveling (adv.) = obs. grufe face down (< ON ā grūfu face down) +-ling2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
show submission or fear
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adverb) grovel
to creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl
2. (adverb) grovel
to tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. grovel
1. To work interminably and without apparent progress. Often used
transitively with ‘over’ or ‘through’. “The
file scavenger has been groveling through the /usr directories for 10
minutes now.” Compare grind and
crunch. Emphatic form: grovel obscenely. 2. To examine minutely or in complete detail. “The compiler
grovels over the entire source program before beginning to translate
it.” “I grovelled through all the documentation, but I still
couldn't find the command I wanted.”
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Sense: to make oneself (too) humble
He grovelled before his leader.
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 Afrikaans: kruip |
 Arabic: يَتَذَلَّل أمام رؤسائِه |
 Bulgarian: угоднича |
 Brazilian: rastejar |
 Czech: plazit se (před) |
 German: kriechen |
 Danish: krybe; ligge på maven for |
 Greek: γίνομαι δουλοπρεπής, σέρν |
 Spanish: humillarse, rebajarse, ar |
 Estonian: lömitama |
 Farsi: خود را پست و حقیر کردن |
 Finnish: madella |
 French: s'aplatir |
 Hebrew: לשתחוות |
 Hindi: कुञ्ज |
 Croatian: puzati, poniziti se |
 Hungarian: megalázkodik |
 Indonesian: merendah |
 Icelandic: skríða fyrir e-m |
 Italian: umiliarsi |
 Japanese: ぺこぺこする |
 Korean: 비하하다 |
 Lithuanian: žemintis, šliaužioti |
 Latvian: zemoties |
 Malay: terlalu menghinakan diri |
 Dutch: voor iemand kruipen, zich |
 Norwegian: krype for, legge seg helt |
 Polish: płaszczyć się |
 Persian: خود را پست و حقیر کردن |
 Pashto: ښويېدل، څكېدل ( پرسينه ): |
 Portuguese: rastejar |
 Romanian: a se umili |
 Russian: пресмыкаться |
 Slovak: plaziť sa |
 Slovenian: klečeplaziti |
 Serbian: puzati |
 Swedish: kräla i stoftet, krypa |
 Thai: ประจบประ��จง |
 Turkish: kendini alçaltmak |
 Taiwanese: 卑躬屈膝 |
 Ukrainian: плазувати, принижуватися |
 Urdu: عاجزی کرنا |
 Vietnamese: phủ phục |
 Chinese: 卑躬屈膝 |
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