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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a puddle where animals go to wallow;

2. an indolent or clumsy rolling about;
- Example: "a good wallow in the water"


VERB (5)

1. devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure;
- Example: "Wallow in luxury"
- Example: "wallow in your sorrows"

2. roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud";
[syn: wallow, welter]

3. rise up as if in waves;
- Example: "smoke billowed up into the sky"
[syn: billow, wallow]

4. be ecstatic with joy;
[syn: wallow, rejoice, triumph]

5. delight greatly in;
- Example: "wallow in your success!"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wallow \Wal"low\, n. A kind of rolling walk. [1913 Webster] One taught the toss, and one the new French wallow. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Act of wallowing. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. A place to which an animal comes to wallow; also, the depression in the ground made by its wallowing; as, a buffalo wallow. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wallow \Wal"low\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wallowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wallowing.] [OE. walwen, AS. wealwian; akin to Goth. walwjan (in comp.) to roll, L. volvere; cf. Skr. val to turn. [root]147. Cf. Voluble Well, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. To roll one's self 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. [1913 Webster] I may wallow in the lily beds. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner. [1913 Webster] God sees a man wallowing in his native impurity. --South. [1913 Webster] 3. To wither; to fade. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wallow \Wal"low\, v. t. To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean. "Wallow thyself in ashes." --Jer. vi. 26. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

wallow n 1: a puddle where animals go to wallow 2: an indolent or clumsy rolling about; "a good wallow in the water" v 1: devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure; "Wallow in luxury"; "wallow in your sorrows" 2: roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud" [syn: wallow, welter] 3: rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up into the sky" [syn: billow, wallow] 4: be ecstatic with joy [syn: wallow, rejoice, triumph] 5: delight greatly in; "wallow in your success!"