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  • grovel — [gräv′əl, gruv′əl] vi. groveled or grovelled, groveling or grovelling [back form. (first found in Shakespeare) < grovelling, down on one s face (assumed to be prp.) < ME grufelinge < gruf, for o grufe, on the face (< ON ā grūfu) +… …   English World dictionary

  • grovel — [[t]grɒ̱v(ə)l[/t]] grovels, grovelling, grovelled (in AM, use groveling, groveled) 1) VERB (disapproval) If you say that someone grovels, you think they are behaving too respectfully towards another person, for example because they are frightened …   English dictionary

  • grovel — [16] Old and Middle English had a suffix ling, used for making adverbs denoting direction or condition. Few survive, and of those that do, most have had their ling changed to the more logical sounding long (headlong and sidelong, for instance,… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • grovel — [16] Old and Middle English had a suffix ling, used for making adverbs denoting direction or condition. Few survive, and of those that do, most have had their ling changed to the more logical sounding long (headlong and sidelong, for instance,… …   Word origins

  • grovel — v 1. kowtow, bow, bow before, bow to, bow and scrape, bend, bend before, stoop, squat, crouch, slouch, hunch; cringe, cower, squirm; whine, whimper, snivel; lick [s.o. s] shoes, lick or kiss [s.o. s] feet, kiss the hem of [s.o. s] garment, Inf.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • grovel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. fawn, creep, cringe; wallow, humble (oneself). See servility, lowness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. crawl, cringe, fawn, fawn upon, beg, sneak, stoop, kneel, crouch before, truckle, kowtow, implore, toady …   English dictionary for students

  • grovel — Synonyms and related words: apple polish, be promiscuous, bend, bend the knee, bend the neck, bend to, bootlick, bow, bow and scrape, bow down, bow to, chase women, commit adultery, couch, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, cringe to, crouch, crouch… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • homosexual subtexts —    At the time STANLEY KUBRICK began making films in the 1950s, Joseph Ignatius Breen, the industry censor, maintained that homosexuality was too strong a subject for American motion pictures. He was backed up by the Motion Picture Production… …   The Encyclopedia of Stanley Kubrick

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  • Robert Cochrane — lived in the reign of King James III of Scotland. There exists a good deal of controversy about him, and some broader issues about the reign of James III.Traditional viewThe traditional view is that he was the favourite of the weak and dilettante …   Wikipedia

  • Mick McFarlane — EastEnders character Portrayed by Sylvester Williams Duration 1996–2002 First appearance 24 June 1996 Last appearance …   Wikipedia

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