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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WALLOW, v.i. [L., G. This verb seems to be connected with well, walk, etc.]
1. To roll ones body on the earth, in mire, or on other substance; to tumble and roll in water. Swine wallow in the mire.
2. To move heavily and clumsily.
Part huge of bulk, wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, tempest the ocean. [Unusual.]
3. To live in filth or gross vice; as man wallowing in his native impurity.
WALLOW, v.t. To roll ones body.
Wallow thyself in ashes. Jeremiah 6.
WALLOW, n. A kind of rolling walk.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a puddle where animals go to wallow
2: an indolent or clumsy rolling about; "a good wallow in the water" v
1: devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure; "Wallow in luxury"; "wallow in your sorrows"
2: roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud" [syn: wallow, welter]
3: rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up into the sky" [syn: billow, wallow]
4: be ecstatic with joy [syn: wallow, rejoice, triumph]
5: delight greatly in; "wallow in your success!"

Merriam Webster's

I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English walwen, from Old English wealwian to roll — more at voluble Date: before 12th century 1. to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner <hogs wallowing in the mud> 2. to billow forth ; surge 3. to devote oneself entirely; especially to take unrestrained pleasure ; delight 4. a. to become abundantly supplied ; luxuriate <a family that wallows in money> b. to indulge oneself immoderately <wallowing in self-pity> 5. to become or remain helpless <allowed them to wallow in their ignorance> • wallower noun II. noun Date: 15th century 1. an act or instance of wallowing 2. a. a muddy area or one filled with dust used by animals for wallowing b. a depression formed by or as if by the wallowing of animals 3. a state of degradation or degeneracy

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.intr. 1 (esp. of an animal) roll about in mud, sand, water, etc. 2 (usu. foll. by in) indulge in unrestrained sensuality, pleasure, misery, etc. (wallows in nostalgia). --n. 1 the act or an instance of wallowing. 2 a a place used by buffalo etc. for wallowing. b the depression in the ground caused by this. Derivatives: wallower n. Etymology: OE walwian roll f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wallow Wal"low, v. t. To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean. ``Wallow thyself in ashes.'' --Jer. vi. 26.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wallow Wal"low, n. A kind of rolling walk. One taught the toss, and one the new French wallow. --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. [root]147. 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. --Shak. 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. --South. 3. To wither; to fade. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wallow Wal"low, n. 1. Act of wallowing. 2. A place to which an animal comes to wallow; also, the depression in the ground made by its wallowing; as, a buffalo wallow.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(wallows, wallowing, wallowed) 1. If you say that someone is wallowing in an unpleasant situation, you are criticizing them for being deliberately unhappy. His tired mind continued to wallow in self-pity... VERB: V in n [disapproval] 2. If a person or animal wallows in water or mud, they lie or roll about in it slowly for pleasure. Never have I had such a good excuse for wallowing in deep warm baths... VERB: V in n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. 1. Flounder, roll, welter. 2. Grovel, live in filth.

Moby Thesaurus

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