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wallow

4 definitions • 4 examples
1
(especially of some animals) to lie or roll around slowly in deep, wet earth, sand, or water:

Examples:

a hippopotamus wallowing in mud
2
the act of lying or rolling around slowly in deep, wet earth, sand, or water:

Examples:

He likes a good wallow in the bath.
3
(esp. of animals) to lie or roll about slowly in deep, wet earth, sand, or water:

Examples:

The pig wallowed in the mud.
4
fig. To wallow in an emotion or situation is to stay in that state without trying to change:

Examples:

He was not a fellow to shed tears, or wallow in self-pity.

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