Lexic.us

Definition of Wallow

1. Verb. Devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure. "Wallow in your sorrows"

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

3. Verb. Roll around,. "Pigs were wallowing in the mud"

4. Noun. An indolent or clumsy rolling about. "A good wallow in the water"

5. Verb. Rise up as if in waves. "Smoke billowed up into the sky"

6. Verb. Be ecstatic with joy.

7. Verb. Delight greatly in. "Wallow in your success!"

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

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