grovel

«grovel» in Mova's school dictionary: To lie or crawl low on the ground, especially to show… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (grovels, grovelled, grovelling; US groveled)

meaning for a pupil

1) To lie or crawl low on the ground, especially to show fear or respect. tree →

2) To beg or act very humbly to win favour. tree →

sense in the lessons

a servant or poor man bows and begs before a lord, king or aunt

examples

• The dog grovelled at his master's feet. tree →
• He grovelled before the king for pardon. tree →
• Stop grovelling and stand up straight! tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «grovel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.