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1. (v.i.) wallow
to roll about or lie in water, mud, dust, etc., as for refreshment:
goats wallowing in the dust.
2. wallow
to indulge oneself; luxuriate; revel:
to wallow in luxury; to wallow in sentimentality.
3. wallow
to flounder about; move or proceed clumsily.
4. wallow
to billow forth, as smoke.
5. (n.) wallow
an act or instance of wallowing.
6. wallow
a place in which animals wallow.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME walwen, OE wealwian to roll, c. Go af-walwjan to roll away; akin to L volvere to roll)
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| Definition of 'wallow' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) wallow
a puddle where animals go to wallow
2. (verb) wallow
an indolent or clumsy rolling about
"a good wallow in the water"
3. (verb) wallow
devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure
"Wallow in luxury"; "wallow in your sorrows"
4. (verb) wallow, welter
roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"
5. (verb) billow, wallow
rise up as if in waves
"smoke billowed up into the sky"
6. (verb) wallow, rejoice, triumph
be ecstatic with joy
7. (verb) wallow
delight greatly in
"wallow in your success!"
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| Definition of 'wallow' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) wallow
to roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire
2. (noun) wallow
to live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner
3. (noun) wallow
to wither; to fade
4. (noun) wallow
a kind of rolling walk
5. (verb) wallow
to roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean
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Sense: to roll about with enjoyment
This hippopotamus wallowed in the mud.
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 Afrikaans: rondrol |
 Arabic: يَتَقَلَّب مَسْرورا |
 Bulgarian: въргалям се |
 Brazilian: espojar-se |
 Czech: válet se |
 German: sich wälzen |
 Danish: vælte sig |
 Greek: κυλιέμαι με ευχαρίστηση |
 Spanish: revolcarse |
 Estonian: püherdama |
 Farsi: غلت زدن |
 Finnish: piehtaroida |
 French: se vautrer (dans) |
 Hebrew: לְהִתעַנֵג, לְהִתפַּלֵש |
 Hindi: लोटना |
 Croatian: valjati se |
 Hungarian: hentereg |
 Indonesian: berkubang |
 Icelandic: velta sér, veltast |
 Italian: sguazzare, diguazzare |
 Japanese: 転げ回る |
 Korean: 즐겁게 뒹굴다 |
 Lithuanian: voliotis |
 Latvian: vārtīties |
 Malay: berkubang |
 Dutch: zich wentelen |
 Norwegian: velte, rulle seg i |
 Polish: tarzać się |
 Portuguese: espojar-se |
 Romanian: a se tăvăli |
 Russian: валяться |
 Slovak: váľať sa |
 Slovenian: valjati se |
 Serbian: valjati se |
 Swedish: vältra sig |
 Thai: เกลือกกลิ้ง; กลิ้งตัว |
 Turkish: yuvarlanmak |
 Taiwanese: 快樂地打滾 |
 Ukrainian: валятися; борсатися |
 Urdu: خوشی سے لوٹنا |
 Vietnamese: đầm mình |
 Chinese: 快活地打滚 |
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