wallow


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wallow
v. lie down and roll about in (mud, dust, water, etc.); indulge oneself in something (food, emotion, riches, etc.)
 
n. act of rolling about (as in dust, water, or emotions); place where animals wallow; state of degeneracy


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

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wallow
Noun
1. a puddle where animals go to wallow
(hypernym) mud puddle
(derivation) welter
2. an indolent or clumsy rolling about; "a good wallow in the water"
(hypernym) axial rotation, axial motion, roll
(derivation) welter
Verb
1. devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure; "Wallow in luxury"; "wallow in your sorrows"
(hypernym) indulge
2. roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"
(synonym) welter
(hypernym) move
3. rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up nto the sky"
(synonym) billow
(hypernym) soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom
(hyponym) cloud
4. be ecstatic with joy
(synonym) rejoice, triumph
(hypernym) exult, walk on air, be on cloud nine, jump for joy
5. delight greatly in; "wallow in your success!"
(hypernym) delight, enjoy, revel



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