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 Definitions of wallow  [ˈwɒl oʊ]  

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Definition of 'wallow' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'wallow' Princeton's WordNet 

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!"


Definition of 'wallow' Webster Dictionary 

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


Translation of 'wallow' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to roll about with enjoyment
This hippopotamus wallowed in the mud.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: rondrol Arabic flag Arabic: يَتَقَلَّب مَسْرورا Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: въргалям се
Brazilian flag Brazilian: espojar-se Czech flag Czech: válet se German flag German: sich wälzen
Danish flag Danish: vælte sig Greek flag Greek: κυλιέμαι με ευχαρίστηση Spanish flag Spanish: revolcarse
Estonian flag Estonian: püherdama Farsi flag Farsi: غلت زدن Finnish flag Finnish: piehtaroida
French flag French: se vautrer (dans) Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהִתעַנֵג, לְהִתפַּלֵש Hindi flag Hindi: लोटना
Croatian flag Croatian: valjati se Hungarian flag Hungarian: hentereg Indonesian flag Indonesian: berkubang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: velta sér, veltast Italian flag Italian: sguazzare, diguazzare Japanese flag Japanese: 転げ回る
Korean flag Korean: 즐겁게 뒹굴다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: voliotis Latvian flag Latvian: vārtīties
Malay flag Malay: berkubang Dutch flag Dutch: zich wentelen Norwegian flag Norwegian: velte, rulle seg i
Polish flag Polish: tarzać się Portuguese flag Portuguese: espojar-se Romanian flag Romanian: a se tăvăli
Russian flag Russian: валяться Slovak flag Slovak: váľať sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: valjati se
Serbian flag Serbian: valjati se Swedish flag Swedish: vältra sig Thai flag Thai: เกลือกกลิ้ง; กลิ้งตัว
Turkish flag Turkish: yuvarlanmak Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 快樂地打滾 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: валятися; борсатися
Urdu flag Urdu: خوشی سے لوٹنا Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đầm mình Chinese flag Chinese: 快活地打滚

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