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  grovel
       
          1. To work interminably and without apparent progress.  Often
          used transitively with "over" or "through".  "The file
          scavenger has been groveling through the /usr directories for
          10 minutes now."  Compare grind and crunch.  Emphatic
          form: "grovel obscenely".
       
          2. To examine minutely or in complete detail.  "The compiler
          grovels over the entire source program before beginning to
          translate it."  "I grovelled through all the documentation,
          but I still couldn't find the command I wanted."
       
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  Grovel \Grov"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Groveledor Grovelled;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Groveling or Grovelling.] [From OE.
     grovelinge, grufelinge, adv., on the face, prone, which was
     misunderstood as a p. pr.; cf. OE. gruf, groff, in the same
     sense; of Scand. origin, cf. Icel. gr[=u]fa, in [=a] gr[=u]fu
     on the face, prone, gr[=u]fa to grovel.]
     1. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to
        lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the
        earth; to lie flat on one's belly, expressive of
        abjectness; to crawl.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To creep and grovel on the ground.    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to
        be low, abject, or mean.
        [1913 Webster]

  grovel vi. 1. To work interminably and without apparent progress. Often
     used transitively with `over' or `through'. "The file scavenger has been
     groveling through the /usr directories for 10 minutes now." Compare
     grind and crunch. Emphatic form: `grovel obscenely'. 2. To examine
     minutely or in complete detail. "The compiler grovels over the entire
     source program before beginning to translate it." "I grovelled through
     all the documentation, but I still couldn't find the command I wanted."
  
  

  Grovel \Grov"el\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Groveledor Grovelled;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Groveling or Grovelling.] [From OE.
     grovelinge, grufelinge, adv., on the face, prone, which was
     misunderstood as a p. pr.; cf. OE. gruf, groff, in the same
     sense; of Scand. origin, cf. Icel. gr[=u]fa, in [=a] gr[=u]fu
     on the face, prone, gr[=u]fa to grovel.]
     1. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to
        lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the
        earth; to lie fiat on one's belly, expressive of
        abjectness; to crawl.
  
              To creep and grovel on the ground.    --Dryden.
  
     2. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to
        be low, abject, or mean.

  grovel
       v : show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe,
            cower]
       [also: grovelling, grovelled]

  grovel
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 είμαι μπρούμυτα στο έδαφος
     2 έρπω, σέρνομαι
     3 ταπεινώνομαι
     4 προσκυνάω, προσκυνάω ταπεινά
     5 φέρομαι με δουλικότητα για να πετύχω κάτι, κωλοφιλώ

  grovel
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To be prone on the ground.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To crawl.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To abase oneself before another person.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To be slavishly nice to someone or apologize
  in the hope of securing something.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To take pleasure in mundane activities. (rfex:
  en)

  grovel
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To be prone on the ground.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To crawl.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To abase oneself before another person.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To be slavishly nice to someone or apologize
  in the hope of securing something.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To take pleasure in mundane activities. (rfex:
  en)

  grovel
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To be prone on the ground.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To crawl.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To abase oneself before another person.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To be slavishly nice to someone or apologize
  in the hope of securing something.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To take pleasure in mundane activities. (rfex:
  en)

  grovel
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To be prone on the ground.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To crawl.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To abase oneself before another person.
     4 (lb en intransitive) To be slavishly nice to someone or apologize
  in the hope of securing something.
     5 (lb en intransitive) To take pleasure in mundane activities. (rfex:
  en)

  grovel
     Englanti vb.
     1 ryömiä
     2 madella, mielistellä
     3 rypeä

  grovel
     Engelska vb.
     1 krypa, visa sin underdånighet
     2 (tagg bildligt språk=en) förnedra sig

  Grovel /ɡɹˈɒvəl/
  تذلّل

  grovel /ɡɹˈɒvəl/ 
  1. унижавам се
  to abase oneself
  2. лежа по очи
  to be prone on the ground
  3. подмазвам се, раболепнича
  to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something
  4. пълзя
  to crawl

  grovel /ɡɹˈɒvəl/ 
  podlézat

  grovel /ɡɹˈɒvəl/
  plazit se

  grovel /ɡɹˈɒvəl/ 
  plazit

  grovel /ɡɹˈɒvəl/ 
  ymgreinio 

  grovel /ɡɹˈɒvəl/ 
  sich auf dem Boden bewegen , kriechen  [pej.]
        "grovel under the sofa to find something"  - unter das Sofa kriechen, um etwas zu suchen
        "grovel around on the floor, looking for sth."  - auf der Suche nach etw. auf dem Boden herumkriechen
        "grovel before sb. / at sb.'s feet"  - vor jd. auf dem Boden liegen
   see: groveling, groveled
  

  grovel /ɡɹˈɒvəl/ 
  buckeln [vor jdm.] , katzbuckeln, kriechen, vor jdm. zu Kreuze kriechen, vor jdm. auf dem Bauch kriechen  [übtr.]
           Note: sich unterwürfig verhalten
        "I had to grovel to the bank manager to get a loan."  - Ich musste vor dem Bankdirektor zu Kreuze kriechen, um einen Kredit zu bekommen.
     Synonyms: fawn, bow and scrape, crawl, creep, cringe, toady, truckle, kowtow
  
   see: suck ass and kick ass
  
           Note: before sb.

  grovel /ɡɹˈɒvəl/
  
  γλείφω, υποτάσσομαι

  grovel /ɡɹˈɒvəl/ 
  1. madella, nöyristellä, olla rähmällään
  to abase oneself
  2. olla rähmällään
  to be prone on the ground
  3. mielistellä
  to be slavishly nice in the hope of securing something
  4. kontata, madella, ryömiä
  to crawl
  5. rypeä
  to take pleasure in mundane things

  grovel /ˈgrɒvəl/ 
   1.  płaszczyć się, poniżać się
   2.  pełzać, czołgać się

  grovel /ɡɹˈɒvəl/
  1. (led, ling veya ed, ing) yerde sürünmek
  2. kendini alçaltmak, yaltaklanmak. groveler  zelil kimse, alçalmış kimse.

  
/ˈɡɹɑvəɫ/

  94 Moby Thesaurus words for "grovel":
     apple-polish, be promiscuous, bend, bend the knee, bend the neck,
     bend to, bootlick, bow, bow and scrape, bow down, bow to,
     chase women, commit adultery, couch, cower, crawl, creep, cringe,
     cringe to, crouch, crouch before, curtsy, debauch, dissipate,
     do homage, do obeisance, fawn, flatter, flounder, fornicate,
     genuflect, get down, go on tiptoe, gumshoe, hug the earth, hunch,
     hunch down, inch, inch along, kneel, kneel to, knuckle to, kowtow,
     lay, lick the dust, lickspittle, lie, lie down, lie flat,
     lie limply, lie low, lie prone, lie prostrate, lie under, loll,
     lounge, nightwalk, pad, philander, prowl, pussyfoot, rake, recline,
     repose, roll, scrabble, scramble, scrouch down, sidle,
     sleep around, slink, snake, sneak, sprawl, squat, steal,
     steal along, stoop, swing, tippytoe, tiptoe, toadeat, toady,
     truckle, truckle to, tumble, underlie, wallow, wanton, welter,
     whore, womanize, worm, worm along
  
  

  v.匍匐；五体投地

     vi. 趴,匍匐,卑躬屈膝