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Grovel

Verb

Definitionen

1.VerbTo be prone on the ground.
2.VerbTo crawl.
3.VerbTo abase oneself before another person.
"She refused to grovel in front of the bully, standing her ground."
4.VerbTo be slavishly nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something.
"He had to grovel before his boss after missing the important meeting.; He hated to grovel, but he knew it was the only way to save his job."
5.VerbTo take pleasure in mundane activities. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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