wallow

«wallow» in Mova's school dictionary: To roll about in mud or water, as pigs, hippos and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (wallow, wallows, wallowed, wallowing); noun (a wallow, wallows)

meaning for a pupil

1) To roll about in mud or water, as pigs, hippos and buffalo do to cool down. tree →

2) To let yourself stay sad or upset for a long time and enjoy feeling sorry for yourself. tree →

3) To enjoy something a lot, like wallowing in a hot bath. tree →

4) A muddy place where animals roll about. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons, animals wallow in mud to keep cool and keep insects off. In stories and everyday life, «wallowing in self-pity» means staying miserable instead of trying to feel better. Phrases: wallow in mud, wallow in self-pity.

examples

• The pigs wallowed happily in the mud. tree →
• Hippos wallow in rivers on hot days. tree →
• Stop wallowing and come and play. tree →
• She wallowed in a warm bubble bath. tree →
• He wallowed in self-pity after losing the match. tree →
• The buffalo found a muddy wallow. tree →
• The buffaloes generally keep to the pools and muddy places, where they lie wallowing or basking in the warm mud for hours. tree →

note

Often followed by «in». Do not confuse with «swallow» (to take food down your throat) or «hollow» (empty inside).

In the corpora

• Pigs wallow in mud to keep cool, because they cannot sweat much, and the mud also protects their skin from sunburn.
• And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the highway.
• He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, He hath made me to wallow in ashes.

Trees and pragmatics

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