C2verb · intransitive · rare

wallow

wallow · wallows · wallowed · wallowing

гуляти, бенкетувати

валяться, купаться, увядать, погрязнуть

sich suhlen, sich wälzen

To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mudTo roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud.

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/ˈwɒ.ləʊ/

» They were wallowing in the mud.

Sie suhlten sich im Schlamm.

Они валялись в грязи.

Meaning

5 senses

(intransitive)To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud.
Pigs wallow in the mud.
валя́тьсяvaljátʹsja
(intransitive)To move lazily or heavily in any medium.
sich wälzen, sich suhlen
валя́тьсяvaljátʹsja
(figuratively, intransitive)To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically.
She wallowed in her misery.
sich suhlen
купа́тьсяkupátʹsja, вя́нутьvjánutʹ, увяда́тьuvjadátʹ
(intransitive)To live or exist in filth or in a sickening manner.
погря́знутьpogrjáznutʹ
(UK, dialectal, intransitive)To fade, fade away, wither, droop; fail to flourish.

More definitions

delight greatly in
devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure
be ecstatic with joy
roll around

Examples

18 sentences

They were wallowing in the mud.
ruОни валялись в грязи.
deSie suhlten sich im Schlamm.
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Look at that donkey wallowing in the mud.
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Tom wallowed in self-pity after Mary dumped him.
deTom zerfloss in Selbstmitleid, nachdem Maria ihm den Laufpass gegeben hatte.
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We can't just stay here wallowing in self-pity.
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We cannot just stay here wallowing in self-pity.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 4

to roll; especially, to roll in anything defiling or unclean, as a hog might do to dust its body to relieve the distress of insect biting or cool its body with mud:

to immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically:

to wither; to fade:

to live in filth or gross vice; to disport oneself in a beastly and unworthy manner:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to roll oneself 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:

Origin

From Middle English walowen, walewen, walwen, welwen, from Old English wealwian (“to roll”

From Middle English walowen, walewen, walwen, welwen, from Old English wealwian (“to roll”), from Proto-West Germanic *walwōn, variant of *walwijan, from Proto-Germanic *walwijaną (“to roll”), from Proto-Indo-European *welw-, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Cognate with Latin volvō (“roll, tumble”, verb).

From Middle English walwen, from Old English wealwian (“to fade, wither”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of Old English fealwian (“to grow pale, turn yellow, ripen, wither”). Alternatively, perhaps related to Middle English welken (“to fade, droop, wither”), modern English welk.

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