Complete Definition of "wallow"

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Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�l��|-�l��

Verb
en-verb

  1. 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.

#:With Smithers out of the picture I was free to wallow in my own crapulence.

  1. intransitive To roll; especially, to roll in anything defile|defiling or unclean.
  2. intransitive To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner.
  3. intransitive To wither; to fade.

Translations
German: sich wälzen (1,2), suhlen (1,2,3), schwelgen (1) (to wallow in vice) dem Laster frönen; (to wallow in money) im Geld schwimmen; (to wallow in pleasure) im Vergnügen schwelgen

Noun
en-noun

  1. An instance of wallowing.
  2. A pool of water or mud in which animals wallow.
  3. A kind of rolling walk.

Translations
German: Bad n (1,2), Suhle f (2)

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