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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Dictionary Results for grovel: |
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
grovel
v 1: show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep,
cringe, cower, grovel]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Grovel \Grov"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Groveledor Grovelled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Groveling or Grovelling.] [From OE.
grovelinge, grufelinge, adv., on the face, prone, which was
misunderstood as a p. pr.; cf. OE. gruf, groff, in the same
sense; of Scand. origin, cf. Icel. gr[=u]fa, in [=a] gr[=u]fu
on the face, prone, gr[=u]fa to grovel.]
1. 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 flat on one's belly, expressive of
abjectness; to crawl.
[1913 Webster]
To creep and grovel on the ground. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
2. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to
be low, abject, or mean.
[1913 Webster]
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3. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) |
grovel
vi.
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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4. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
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."
[Jargon File]
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