"groveling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grovelings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} groveling (plural grovelings)
  1. The act of one who grovels.
    Sense id: en-groveling-en-noun-dtjPLELL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: grovelling [UK]

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} groveling
  1. (US) present participle and gerund of grovel Tags: US, form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: grovel
    Sense id: en-groveling-en-verb-Z1M0m-UZ Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: grovelling [UK]

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for groveling meaning in English (1.4kB)

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