Wallow

Word WALLOW
Character 6
Hyphenation wal low
Pronunciations /ˈwɒ.ləʊ/

Definitions and meanings of "Wallow"

What do we mean by wallow?

To roll the body about or lie relaxed in water or mud. intransitive verb

To indulge oneself to a great degree in something. intransitive verb

To be plentifully supplied. intransitive verb

To move with difficulty in a clumsy or rolling manner; flounder. intransitive verb

The act or an instance of wallowing. noun

A pool of water or mud where animals go to wallow. noun

The depression, pool, or pit produced by wallowing animals. noun

The act of rolling or tumbling, as in sand or mire. noun

A rolling gait. noun

A place to which an animal, as a buffalo, resorts to wallow; also, the traces of its wallowing left in the mire. noun

The alder-tree. noun

To roll; tumble about.

To roll the body in sand, mire, water, or other yielding substance.

To plunge into some course or condition; dwell with satisfaction in, addict one's self to, or remain in some way of life or habit, especially a sensual or vicious one.

To roll.

To fade away; wither; droop.

Insipid; tasteless.

To roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder. intransitive verb

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

An instance of wallowing.

A pool of water or mud in which animals wallow, or the depression left by them in the ground.

A kind of rolling walk.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Wallow

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The word "wallow" in example sentences

I think a wallow is good for the soul on occasion. ❋ Kittenpie (2007)

Later on, he was wont to say that this poverty had been the best possible thing for him, its enforced abstinences having come just at the time when he had begun to "wallow" -- his word for any sort of excess; and "wallowing" was undoubtedly a peril to which Norbert's temper particularly exposed him. ❋ George Gissing (1880)

If you’ve ever heard Bill Maher speak on the subject of religion, you know my views. hopefully you agree with him. but you can always help yourself. just dont lay there in wallow in your pity and the need for sympathy from others. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And then, for a short story I fix my eye on the end point and let the rest happen; for a novel I kind of wallow, and try to keep the process playful and not-a-chore and not close off too many possibilities. ❋ Unknown (2010)

SHIRK: You can choose to wallow around in self pity and say this sucks, I don't really like it and just kind of wallow around in it, or you can sit there and say, look, this is the reality; how am I going to make the best of it? ❋ Unknown (2007)

Confess to absolutely wallowing if a tv-less person can be said to "wallow" in the selfish pleasure of taking one day off from the total dread that is Iraq. ❋ Unknown (2005)

We reached a kind of wallow, a muddy bayou filled with weed. ❋ Moorcock, Michael, 1939- (2003)

Before the haymaking machines and horse-rakes came into vogue, it was not uncommon to see as many as twenty women following each other in _échelon_, turning a "wallow," or shaking up the green swathes left by the mowers. ❋ Richard Jefferies (1867)

Dick had just reached the "wallow" referred to by Joe Blunt, and had reined up his steed to observe it leisurely, when a faint hissing sound reached his ear. ❋ Unknown (1859)

The air, too, was close and oppressive as the breath of an oven; while the surface of the sea was unusually agitated, the run seeming to come from all points of the compass at once, and to meet under the ship, causing her to "wallow" so awkwardly that the water tumbled in over her rail in all directions, now forward, now aft, and anon in the waist, and on either side with the utmost impartiality. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)

"The preliminary manoeuvring begins today when the Chancellor delivers a lecture on the principles that will guide the Government's approach, in effect arguing that while the Tories 'wallow' in the prospect of spending cuts he will take a more expedient approach, in terms of timing, pace, depth and in his view that the Government can still play a creative role as an enabler in the delivery of public services. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hit by a rolling, largely peaceful revolution all across MENA the newly popular acronym for the Middle East and Northern Africa, Washington and an aging Fortress Europe, filled with fear, wallow in a mire of perplexity. ❋ Pepe Escobar (2011)

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