English dictionary
wallow
/'w/A/l/oU/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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a puddle where animals go to wallow
Source: WordNet 3.0
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an indolent or clumsy rolling about
ExamplesA good wallow in the water.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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A kind of rolling walk.
Source: webster1913
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Act of wallowing.
Source: webster1913
verb
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devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure
ExamplesWallow in luxury.
Wallow in your sorrows.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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roll around,
ExamplesPigs were wallowing in the mud.
Synonyms welterSource: WordNet 3.0
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rise up as if in waves
Synonyms billowSource: WordNet 3.0
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be ecstatic with joy
Source: WordNet 3.0
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delight greatly in
ExamplesWallow in your success!
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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 <i>wallow</i> in the mire.
Source: webster1913
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To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean.
Source: webster1913