Wallow

[Wal·low]

To wallow is to roll about in something, as a pig wallows in mud or a billionaire wallows in money.

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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.

Noun
an indolent or clumsy rolling about; "a good wallow in the water"

Noun
a puddle where animals go to wallow

Verb
delight greatly in; "wallow in your success!"

Verb
devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure; "Wallow in luxury"; "wallow in your sorrows"

Verb
be ecstatic with joy

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Verb
roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"

Verb
rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up nto the sky"

n.
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.

n.
To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner.

n.
To wither; to fade.

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

n.
A kind of rolling walk.

Wallow

Wal"low , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wallowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wallowing.] [OE. walwen, AS. wealwian; akin to Goth. walwjan (in comp.) to roll, L. volvere; cf. Skr. val to turn. 'fb147. Cf. Voluble Well, n.] 1. 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.

I may wallow in the lily beds.

2. To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner.

God sees a man wallowing in his native impurity.

3. To wither; to fade. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Wallow

Wal"low, v. t. To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean. "Wallow thyself in ashes." Jer. vi. 26.

Wallow

Wal"low, n. A kind of rolling walk.

One taught the toss, and one the new French wallow.

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.

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

A kind of rolling walk.

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Usage Examples

Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.

There was a certain point in my life where I had to decide that I was going to take my future and Nicole's and not wallow in what happened to me because when you do that, you just keep repeating what's been happening and at some point you have to make a choice.

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Other Usage Examples

It's much more interesting to watch someone who is ill-equipped to solve their problem fight to solve their problem than wallow in the knowledge that they're ill-equipped to solve their problems.

I'm not one to sit and wallow - I would rather figure out a way around so I can move past it and be at peace with things. I don't like bad feelings gnawing away at me.

Wallow too much in sensitivity and you can't deal with life, or the truth.