Definition of Wallow

1. Noun. A puddle where animals go to wallow.

Generic synonyms: Mud Puddle

2. Verb. Devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure. "Wallow in your sorrows"
Generic synonyms: Indulge

3. Noun. An indolent or clumsy rolling about. "A good wallow in the water"
Generic synonyms: Axial Motion, Axial Rotation, Roll

4. Verb. Roll around,. "Pigs were wallowing in the mud"
Exact synonyms: Welter
Generic synonyms: Move

5. Verb. Rise up as if in waves. "Smoke billowed up into the sky"
Exact synonyms: Billow
Generic synonyms: Soar, Soar Up, Soar Upwards, Surge, Zoom
Specialized synonyms: Cloud

6. Verb. Be ecstatic with joy.
Exact synonyms: Rejoice, Triumph
Generic synonyms: Be On Cloud Nine, Exult, Jump For Joy, Walk On Air
Derivative terms: Rejoicing, Triumph, Triumphant

7. Verb. Delight greatly in. "Wallow in your success!"
Generic synonyms: Delight, Enjoy, Revel

Definition of Wallow

1. v. i. 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. v. t. To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean.

3. n. A kind of rolling walk.

4. n. Act of wallowing.

5. v. i. 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.

6. v. t. To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean.

7. n. A kind of rolling walk.

8. n. Act of wallowing.

Definition of Wallow

1. Verb. (intransitive) 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. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To roll; especially, to roll in anything defiling or unclean, as a hog might do to dust its body to relieve the distress of insect biting or cool its body with mud. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To wither; to fade. ¹

6. Noun. An instance of wallowing. ¹

7. Noun. A pool of water or mud in which animals wallow. ¹

8. Noun. A kind of rolling walk. ¹

9. Adjective. (context: now dialectal) Tasteless, flat. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Wallow

1. to roll about [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Wallow

wallings
wallisite
wallkilldellite
wallless
walllike
walloons
wallop
walloped
walloper
wallopers
walloping
wallopings
wallopped
wallopping
wallops
wallow (current term)
wallow in the mire
wallowed
wallower
wallowers
walloweth
wallowing
wallowish
wallows
wallpaper
wallpapered
wallpaperer
wallpaperers
wallpapering
wallpaperlike

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