wallow — wallow, welter, grovel can imply heavy clumsy movement and, when the reference is to man, a debased, pitiable, or ignoble condition. Wallow basically implies a lurching or rolling to and fro (as of a pig in the mire or a ship in the trough of a… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Wallow — Wal low, n. A kind of rolling walk. [1913 Webster] One taught the toss, and one the new French wallow. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Act of wallowing. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. A place to which an animal comes to wallow; also, the depression in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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.] [1913 Webster] 1. To roll one s self… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wallow — ► VERB 1) roll about or lie in mud or water. 2) (of a boat or aircraft) roll from side to side. 3) (wallow in) indulge without restraint in (something pleasurable). ► NOUN 1) an act of wallowing. 2) an area of mud or shallow water where mammals… … English terms dictionary
wallow — [wä′lō] vi. [ME walwen < OE wealwian, to roll around < PGmc * walw < IE * wolw < base * wel > WALK] 1. to roll about or lie relaxed, as in mud, dust or water 2. to move heavily and clumsily; roll and pitch, as a ship 3. to live or… … English World dictionary
Wallow — Wal low, v. t. To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean. Wallow thyself in ashes. Jer. vi. 26. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wallow — [v1] slosh around in bathe in, be immersed, blunder, flounder, get stuck, immerse, lie, loll, lurch, move around in, reel, roll, roll about, roll around in, splash around, sprawl, stagger, stumble, sway, toss, totter, tumble, wade, welter;… … New thesaurus
wallow — index carouse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
wallow — (v.) O.E. wealwian to roll, from W.Gmc. *walwojan, from PIE *wal , *wel to roll (see VULVA (Cf. vulva)). Figurative sense of to plunge and remain in some state or condition is attested from early 13c. Related: Wallowed; wallowing. The noun is… … Etymology dictionary
wallow — /wol oh/, v.i. 1. to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment: Goats wallowed in the dust. 2. to live self indulgently; luxuriate; revel: to wallow in luxury; to wallow in sentimentality. 3. to flounder about;… … Universalium
