See grovel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "grübeln",
"t": "to meditate, ponder"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English *grovelen, from Old Norse grufla, grœfla (“to grovel”), from Proto-Germanic *grubilōną (“to dig, delve into”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ‑ (“to dig, scrape, scrabble, scratch”); akin to Old Norse á grufu (“on one's belly”) ( > Old Norse grúfa (“to lie face down, grovel”)). Cognate with Scots grovel, gruvil (“to grovel”), German grübeln (“to meditate, ponder”), Norwegian Nynorsk gruvla (“to grovel”). Compare also West Frisian groebeltsje (“to make a mess, skip school, skive”), Dutch grobbelen (“to grope, root, grub”).",
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"To be prone on the ground."
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"(intransitive) To be prone on the ground."
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"sense": "to be prone on the ground",
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"sense": "to be prone on the ground",
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"text": "In the tube station, the old ones who were on the way out / Would dribble and vomit and grovel and shout",
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"(intransitive) To crawl."
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "ryömiä"
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"lang": "Finnish",
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"_dis1": "1 95 1 1 3",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "kontata"
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"_dis1": "1 95 1 1 3",
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"sense": "to crawl",
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"_dis1": "1 95 1 1 3",
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"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "strisciare"
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"_dis1": "1 95 1 1 3",
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"roman": "pólzatʹ",
"sense": "to crawl",
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"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "puzati"
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to crawl",
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "sürünmek"
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"To abase oneself before another person."
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"(intransitive) To abase oneself before another person."
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"(intransitive) To be slavishly nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something."
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"roman": "podmazvam se",
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"sense": "to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something",
"word": "larbiner"
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"sense": "to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something",
"word": "התרפס"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something",
"word": "ingraziarsi"
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"sense": "to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something",
"word": "пресмыка́ться"
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"To take pleasure in mundane activities."
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"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*grubilōną",
"t": "to dig, delve into"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *grubilōną (“to dig, delve into”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*gʰrebʰ‑",
"t": "to dig, scrape, scrabble, scratch"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ‑ (“to dig, scrape, scrabble, scratch”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "á grufu",
"t": "on one's belly"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse á grufu (“on one's belly”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "grovel"
},
"expansion": "Scots grovel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "grübeln",
"t": "to meditate, ponder"
},
"expansion": "German grübeln (“to meditate, ponder”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "gruvla",
"t": "to grovel"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk gruvla (“to grovel”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "groebeltsje",
"t": "to make a mess, skip school, skive"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian groebeltsje (“to make a mess, skip school, skive”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "grobbelen",
"t": "to grope, root, grub"
},
"expansion": "Dutch grobbelen (“to grope, root, grub”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English *grovelen, from Old Norse grufla, grœfla (“to grovel”), from Proto-Germanic *grubilōną (“to dig, delve into”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ‑ (“to dig, scrape, scrabble, scratch”); akin to Old Norse á grufu (“on one's belly”) ( > Old Norse grúfa (“to lie face down, grovel”)). Cognate with Scots grovel, gruvil (“to grovel”), German grübeln (“to meditate, ponder”), Norwegian Nynorsk gruvla (“to grovel”). Compare also West Frisian groebeltsje (“to make a mess, skip school, skive”), Dutch grobbelen (“to grope, root, grub”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "grovels",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "grovelling",
"tags": [
"UK",
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "groveling",
"tags": [
"US",
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "grovelled",
"tags": [
"UK",
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "grovelled",
"tags": [
"UK",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "groveled",
"tags": [
"US",
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "groveled",
"tags": [
"US",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "++",
"past2": "groveled",
"past2_qual": "US",
"past_qual": "UK",
"pres_ptc2": "groveling",
"pres_ptc2_qual": "US",
"pres_ptc_qual": "UK"
},
"expansion": "grovel (third-person singular simple present grovels, present participle (UK) grovelling or (US) groveling, simple past and past participle (UK) grovelled or (US) groveled)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To be prone on the ground."
],
"links": [
[
"prone",
"prone"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To be prone on the ground."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1985, Shane MacGowan (lyrics and music), “The Old Main Drag”, in Rum Sodomy & the Lash, performed by The Pogues:",
"text": "In the tube station, the old ones who were on the way out / Would dribble and vomit and grovel and shout",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To crawl."
],
"links": [
[
"crawl",
"crawl"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To crawl."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To abase oneself before another person."
],
"links": [
[
"abase",
"abase"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To abase oneself before another person."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To be slavishly nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To be slavishly nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To take pleasure in mundane activities."
],
"links": [
[
"mundane",
"mundane"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To take pleasure in mundane activities."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡrɒvəl/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡrʌvəl/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒvəl"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌvəl"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-grovel.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/78/En-us-grovel.ogg/En-us-grovel.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/En-us-grovel.ogg"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "leža po oči",
"sense": "to be prone on the ground",
"word": "лежа по очи"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be prone on the ground",
"word": "olla rähmällään"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be prone on the ground",
"word": "giacere bocconi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be prone on the ground",
"word": "giacere prono"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to be prone on the ground",
"word": "tāpapa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ležátʹ nic",
"sense": "to be prone on the ground",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "лежа́ть ниц"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be prone on the ground",
"word": "prostrarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be prone on the ground",
"word": "postrarse"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pǎlzja",
"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "пълзя"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "arrossegar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "plazit se"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "krybe"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "kravle"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "kruipen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "ryömiä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "madella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "kontata"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "kriechen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "strisciare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pólzatʹ",
"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "по́лзать"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "puzati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "plaziti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "gmizati"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to crawl",
"word": "sürünmek"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to abase oneself",
"word": "sürünmək"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to abase oneself",
"word": "iməkləmək"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to abase oneself",
"word": "alçalmaq"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "unižavam se",
"sense": "to abase oneself",
"word": "унижавам се"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to abase oneself",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ponižovat se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to abase oneself",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "plazit se"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to abase oneself",
"word": "nöyristellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to abase oneself",
"word": "madella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to abase oneself",
"word": "olla rähmällään"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to abase oneself",
"word": "s’abaisser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to abase oneself",
"word": "kriechen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to abase oneself",
"word": "katzbuckeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to abase oneself",
"word": "auf dem Bauch rutschen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to abase oneself",
"word": "abbassarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to abase oneself",
"word": "umiliarsi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to abase oneself",
"word": "whakapāpaku"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "unižátʹsja",
"sense": "to abase oneself",
"word": "унижа́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "presmykátʹsja",
"sense": "to abase oneself",
"word": "пресмыка́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to abase oneself",
"word": "humillarse"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to abase oneself",
"word": "sürünmek"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podmazvam se",
"sense": "to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something",
"word": "подмазвам се"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rabolepniča",
"sense": "to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something",
"word": "раболепнича"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "lízat paty"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something",
"word": "kruipen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something",
"word": "mielistellä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something",
"word": "larbiner"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something",
"word": "kriechen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something",
"word": "schleimen"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hitrapés",
"sense": "to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something",
"word": "התרפס"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something",
"word": "ingraziarsi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "presmykátʹsja",
"sense": "to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something",
"word": "пресмыка́ться"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something",
"word": "puzati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something",
"word": "arrastrarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something",
"word": "humillarse"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something",
"word": "ayaklarına/dizlerine kapanmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something",
"word": "sürünmek"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to take pleasure in mundane things",
"word": "rypeä"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to take pleasure in mundane things",
"word": "grufolarsi"
}
],
"word": "grovel"
}
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