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WALLOW

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An indolent or clumsy rolling about

Example:

a good wallow in the water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("wallow" is a kind of...):

axial motion; axial rotation; roll (rotary motion of an object around its own axis)

Derivation:

wallow (roll around)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A puddle where animals go to wallow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("wallow" is a kind of...):

mud puddle (a puddle of mud)

Derivation:

wallow (roll around)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Delight greatly in

Example:

wallow in your success!

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "wallow" is one way to...):

delight; enjoy; revel (take delight in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure

Example:

wallow in your sorrows

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "wallow" is one way to...):

indulge (give free rein to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Be ecstatic with joy

Synonyms:

rejoice; triumph; wallow

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "wallow" is one way to...):

be on cloud nine; exult; jump for joy; walk on air (feel extreme happiness or elation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 4

Meaning:

Roll around

Example:

pigs were wallowing in the mud

Synonyms:

wallow; welter

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "wallow" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

wallow (an indolent or clumsy rolling about)

wallow (a puddle where animals go to wallow)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Rise up as if in waves

Example:

smoke billowed up into the sky

Synonyms:

billow; wallow

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "wallow" is one way to...):

soar; soar up; soar upwards; surge; zoom (rise rapidly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wallow"):

cloud (billow up in the form of a cloud)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Credits

 Context examples: 

On the instant those at the table were keyed up and expectant, the servant was smugly pleased, and he was wallowing in mortification.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Fantastic as the situation was,—a land-lubber second in command,—I was, nevertheless, carrying it off well; and during that brief time I was proud of myself, and I grew to love the heave and roll of the Ghost under my feet as she wallowed north and west through the tropic sea to the islet where we filled our water-casks.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

And as I choked and strangled, and as the Ghost wallowed for an instant, broadside on and rolling straight over and far into the wind, I beheld a huge sea rise far above my head.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)