wallow
An instance of wallowingAn instance of wallowing.
» They were wallowing in the mud.
Sie suhlten sich im Schlamm.
Они валялись в грязи.
Meaning
3 senses(intransitive)An instance of wallowing.
(intransitive)A pool of water or mud in which animals wallow, or the depression left by them in the ground.
Suhle, Bad
лу́жаlúža
a puddle where animals go to wallow
(intransitive)A kind of rolling walk.
an indolent or clumsy rolling about
Examples
18 sentencesThey were wallowing in the mud.
ruОни валялись в грязи. — marafon
deSie suhlten sich im Schlamm. — Sudajaengi
Look at that donkey wallowing in the mud.
Tom wallowed in self-pity after Mary dumped him.
deTom zerfloss in Selbstmitleid, nachdem Maria ihm den Laufpass gegeben hatte. — raggione
We can't just stay here wallowing in self-pity.
We cannot just stay here wallowing in self-pity.
Translations
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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).
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