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1 grovel
/'grɔvl/ * nội động từ - nằm phục xuống đất; bò; đầm =to grovel in the mud+ đầm trong bùn - (nghĩa bóng) quỳ gối, uốn gối, khom lưng uốn gối =to grovel to (before) somebody+ khom lưng uốn gối trước mặt ai
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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
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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
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