English-Thai Dictionary

grove

N ป่าละเมาะ  ป่า เล็กๆ  แมก ไม้  หมู่ไม้  spinney woods pa-la-mor

 

grove

N สวนผลไม้  suan-pon-la-mai

 

grovel

VI ประจบประแจง  fawn truckle pra-job-pra-jaeng

 

grovel

VI หมอบคลาน เพื่อ หา บางสิ่ง  crawl mob-klan-puea-ha-bang-sing

 

grovel before

PHRV ทำตัว อ่อนน้อม ต่อ  tam-tua-on-nom-tor

 

grovel in

PHRV กลิ้งเกลือก  wallow in welter in king-kuak

 

grovel in

PHRV เกี่ยวข้องกับ  ทำงาน ท่ามกลาง สิ่ง ที่ ไม่ น่าพอใจ  kiao-kong-kab

 

grovel to

PHRV ทำตัว อ่อนน้อม ต่อ  tam-tua-on-nom-tor

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GROVE

n. 1. In gardening, a small wood or cluster of trees with a shaded avenue, or a wood impervious to the rays of the sun. A grove is either open or close; open, when consisting of large trees whose branches shade the ground below; close, when consisting of trees and underwood, which defend the avenues from the rays of the sun and from violent winds.
2. A wood of small extent. In America, the word is applied to a wood of natural growth in the field, as well as to planted trees in a garden, but only to a wood of small extent and not to a forest.
3. Something resembling a wood or trees in a wood.
Tall groves of masts arose in beauteous pride.

 

GROVEL

v.i.grov'l. 1. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move with the body prostrate on the earth; to act in a prostrate posture.
Gaze on and grovel on thy face.
To creep and grovel on the ground.
2. To be low or mean; a groveling sense; groveling thoughts.

 

GROVELER

n.One who grovels; an abject wretch.

 

GROVELING

ppr. Creeping; moving on the ground. 1. Mean; without dignity or elevation.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GROVE

Grove, n. Etym: [AS. graf, fr. grafan to dig.

 

Defn: The original sense seems to have been a lane cut through trees. See Grave, v., and cf. Groove. ] A smaller group of trees than a forest, and without underwood, planted, or growing naturally as if arranged by art; a wood of small extent.

 

Note: The Hebrew word Asherah, rendered grove in the Authorized Version of the Bible, is left untranslated in the Revised Version. Almost all modern interpreters agree that by Asherah an idol or image of some kind is intended.

 

GROVEL

Grov "el, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Groveled or Grovelled; p. pr. & vb. n.Groveling or Grovelling.] Etym: [From OE. grovelinge, grufelinge, adv. , on the face, prone, which was misunderstood as a p. pr. ; cf. OE. gruf, groff, in the same sense; of Scand. origin, cf. Icel. grufa, in a grufu on the face, prone, grufa to grovel. ]

 

1. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl. To creep and grovel on the ground. Dryden.

 

2. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean.

 

GROVELER

GROVELER Grov "el *er, n.

 

Defn: One who grovels; an abject wretch. [Written also groveller.]

 

GROVELING

GROVELING Grov "el *ing, a.

 

Defn: Lying prone; low; debased. [Written also grovelling.] "A groveling creature. " Cowper.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

grove

grove |grōv ɡroʊv | ▶noun a small wood, orchard, or group of trees: an olive grove | [ in place names ] : Ocean Grove. DERIVATIVES grovy adjective ORIGIN Old English grāf, of Germanic origin.

 

Grove, Lefty

Grove, Lefty |grōv groʊv | (1900 –1975 ) US baseball player; full name Robert Moses Grove. He pitched for the Philadelphia Athletics 1925 –34 and the Boston Red Sox 1935 –41. He led the American League in strikeouts 7 times and had a career record of 300 wins. Baseball Hall of Fame (1947 ).

 

Grove, Sir George

Grove, Sir George |grōv ɡroʊv | (1820 –1900 ), English musicologist. He was the founder and first editor of the multivolume Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1879 –89 ), which is now named for him in its later editions, and served as the first director of the Royal College of Music 1883 –94.

 

grovel

grov el |ˈgrävəl, ˈgrə -ˈɡrɑvəl | ▶verb ( grovels, groveling , groveled; Brit. grovels, grovelling, grovelled ) [ no obj. ] lie or move abjectly on the ground with one's face downward: she was groveling on the floor in fear. • act in an obsequious manner in order to obtain someone's forgiveness or favor: everyone expected me to grovel with gratitude | (as adj. groveling ) : his groveling references to “great ” historians and their “brilliant ” works. DERIVATIVES grov el er noun, grov el ing ly adverb ORIGIN Middle English: back-formation from the obsolete adverb grovelling, from obsolete groof, grufe ‘the face or front ’ (in the phrase on grufe, from Old Norse á grúfu ‘face downward ’) + the suffix -ling .

 

groves of Academe

groves of Ac a deme ▶plural noun the academic world. ORIGIN translating Horace's silvas Academi.

 

Oxford Dictionary

grove

grove |grəʊv | ▶noun a small wood or other group of trees: an olive grove | [ in place names ] : Ladbroke Grove. PHRASES the groves of Academe the academic world. [translating Horace's silvas Academi. ]DERIVATIVES grovy adjective ORIGIN Old English grāf, of Germanic origin.

 

Grove, Lefty

Grove, Lefty |grōv groʊv | (1900 –1975 ) US baseball player; full name Robert Moses Grove. He pitched for the Philadelphia Athletics 1925 –34 and the Boston Red Sox 1935 –41. He led the American League in strikeouts 7 times and had a career record of 300 wins. Baseball Hall of Fame (1947 ).

 

Grove, Sir George

Grove |grəʊv | (1820 –1900 ), English musicologist. He was the founder and first editor of the multi-volume Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1879 –89 ) and served as the first director of the Royal College of Music (1883 –94 ).

 

grovel

grovel |ˈgrɒv (ə )l, ˈgrʌv -| ▶verb ( grovels, grovelling, grovelled; US grovels, groveling, groveled ) [ no obj. ] lie or crawl abjectly on the ground with one's face downwards: he grovelled at George's feet. • act obsequiously in order to obtain forgiveness or favour: they criticized leaders who grovelled to foreign patrons | (as adj. grovelling ) : his grovelling references to ‘great ’ historians. DERIVATIVES groveller noun, grovellingly adverb ORIGIN Middle English: back-formation from the obsolete adverb grovelling, from obsolete groof, grufe ‘the face or front ’ (in the phrase on grufe, from Old Norse á grúfu ‘face downwards ’) + the suffix -ling .

 

groves of Academe

groves of Ac a deme ▶plural noun the academic world. ORIGIN translating Horace's silvas Academi.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

grove

grove noun dozens of rabbits inhabit this grove: copse, woods, wood, thicket, bush, stand, woodlot, coppice; orchard, plantation; archaic hurst, holt.

 

grovel

grovel verb 1 George groveled at his feet, begging for mercy: prostrate oneself, lie, kneel, cringe. 2 she was not going to grovel to him: be obsequious to, fawn on, kowtow to, bow and scrape to, toady to, truckle to, abase oneself to, humble oneself to; curry favor with, flatter, dance attendance on, make up to, play up to, ingratiate oneself with; informal crawl to, suck up to, lick someone's boots.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

grove

grove noun a villa sited in an olive grove: copse, wood, thicket, coppice, group of trees; orchard, plantation; Brit. spinney; archaic hurst, holt.

 

grovel

grovel verb 1 George grovelled at his feet: crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, prostrate oneself, kneel, fall on one's knees; throw oneself at someone's feet. 2 they dislike leaders who grovel to foreign patrons: behave obsequiously, be obsequious, be servile, be sycophantic, fawn, kowtow, bow and scrape, toady, truckle, abase oneself, humble oneself, prostrate oneself; curry favour with, flatter, court, woo, dance attendance on, make up to, play up to, ingratiate oneself with; informal crawl, creep, suck up, butter up, be all over, fall all over, lick someone's boots, rub up the right way; archaic blandish.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

grove

grove /ɡroʊv /〖原義は 「低木の茂み 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 木立 , (小さな )林 (!woodsより小規模; 通例下草はなく, 子供の遊び場にもなる ) .2 (オレンジ オリーブなどの )果樹園 (→orchard ).3 〖G-; 固有名詞の後で街路名として 〗…(並木 )通り ▸ Coconut Grove ココヤシ通り

 

grovel

grov el /ɡrʌ́v (ə )l |ɡrɔ́v -/動詞 ～s ; ～ed , ｟英 ｠～led ; ～ing , ｟英 ｠～ling 自動詞 1 腹ばいになる, はう (about, around )▸ grovel about [around ]はい回る 2 «…の前 [足元 ]に » ひれ伏す «before , at » ; 卑屈なふるまいをする ▸ grovel before the King 国王の前にひれ伏す 3 【快楽などに 】ふける «in » .gr ò vel in the d ú st [d í rt ]平身低頭する .～(l )er 名詞