Grovel

Verb

 * 1) To be prone on the ground.
 * 2) To crawl
 * 3) To abase oneself before another person.
 * 4) To be nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something.
 * 5) To take pleasure in mundane activities.

Adverbs for Grovel
obsequiously; humbly; servilely; slavishly; flatteringly; abjectly; debasingly; shamelessly.

Thesaurus
apple-polish, be promiscuous, bend, bend the knee, bend the neck, bend to, bootlick, bow, bow and scrape, bow down, bow to, chase women, commit adultery, couch, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, cringe to, crouch, crouch before, curtsy, debauch, dissipate, do homage, do obeisance, fawn, flatter, flounder, fornicate, genuflect, get down, go on tiptoe, gumshoe, hug the earth, hunch, hunch down, inch, inch along, kneel, kneel to, knuckle to, kowtow, lay, lick the dust, lickspittle, lie, lie down, lie flat, lie limply, lie low, lie prone, lie prostrate, lie under, loll, lounge, nightwalk, pad, philander, prowl, pussyfoot, rake, recline, repose, roll, scrabble, scramble, scrouch down, sidle, sleep around, slink, snake, sneak, sprawl, squat, steal, steal along, stoop, swing, tippytoe, tiptoe, toadeat, toady, truckle, truckle to, tumble, underlie, wallow, wanton, welter, whore, womanize, worm, worm along

Etymology
From á grufu: ( > Old Norse grúfa:).

Translations

 * Finnish:


 * Italian: giacere bocconi, giacere prono


 * Czech: plazit se
 * Finnish: ,


 * Italian:


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 * Dutch:
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 * Hebrew: התרפס
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 * Finnish:


 * Italian: grufolarsi

Anagrams

 * Glover, glover