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Meaning of 'wallow' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Wallow [ n.]
- 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.
- To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner.
- To wither; to fade.
- A kind of rolling walk.
2 . Wallow [ v. t.]
- To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean.

Meaning of 'wallow' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . wallow [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an indolent or clumsy rolling about
Example in sentence:
  • a good wallow in the water
2 . wallow [ v]
Meaning (2):
- roll around
Example in sentence:
  • pigs were wallowing in the mud
Meaning (3):
- rise up as if in waves
Example in sentence:
  • smoke billowed up into the sky
Meaning (4):
- devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure
Example in sentence:
  • Wallow in luxury;
  • wallow in your sorrows
Meaning (5):
- delight greatly in
Example in sentence:
  • wallow in your success!

Nearby Words:

walaway wald waldenses waldensian waldgrave waldheimia wale walhalla waling walk

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