Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - grovel
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Grovel
grovel
~ v grovelled, grovelling BrE groveled, groveling AmE 1 to behave with too much respect towards someone, because you are asking them to help or forgive you (There's nothing worse than seeing a man grovel just to keep his job.) 2 to lie or move flat on the ground because you are afraid of someone, or as a way of showing obedience (That dog grovels every time you shout.)
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(grovels, grovelling, grovelled) Note: in AM, use 'groveling', 'groveled' 1. If you say that someone grovels, you think they are behaving too respectfully towards another person, for example because they are frightened or because they want something. I don’t grovel to anybody... Speakers have been shouted down, classes disrupted, teachers made to grovel. ...a letter of grovelling apology. VERB: V to/before n, V, V-ing c darkgreen]disapproval 2. If you grovel, you crawl on the ground, for example in order to find something. We grovelled around the club on our knees. VERB: V prep/adv, also V ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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v.intr. (grovelled, grovelling; US groveled, groveling) 1 behave obsequiously in seeking favour or forgiveness. 2 lie prone in abject humility. Derivatives groveller n. grovelling adj. grovellingly adv. Etymology: back-form. f. obs. grovelling (adv.) f. gruf face down f. on grufe f. ON {aacute} gr{uacute}fu, later taken as pres. part. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. низкопоклонство, подхалимаж 2. быть распростертым ниц; ползать 3. пресмыкаться, унижаться to grovel before smb. —- пресмыкаться перед кем-либо to grovel at smb.'s feet —- ползать у кого-либо в ногах to grovel in the dirt —- унижаться ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. лежать ниц, ползать, пресмыкаться, унижаться (before/to) If you expect to gain favours from the king, you will have to grovel before him to show your respect and obedience. Syn: see flinch ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1593, back-formation of M.E. groveling, regarded as a prp. but really an adv., from O.N. grufe "prone" + obsolete adverbial suffix -ling (which survives also as the -long in headlong, sidelong); first element from O.N. a grufu "on proneness." Perhaps related to creep. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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