English-Thai Dictionary

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

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

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

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 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

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 .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

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

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

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