глагол 1) лежать ниц, ползать Например: to grovel in the dirt — ползать в грязи 2) пресмыкаться, унижаться, раболепствовать Например: If you expect to gain favours from the king, you will have to grovel before him to show your respect and obedience. — Если ты хочешь заслужить милость короля, тебе придется раболепствовать перед ним, чтобы показать свое почтение и покорность. Синоним(ы): cringe
intransitive verb (-eled or -elled; -eling or -elling) Etymology: back-formation from groveling prone, from groveling, adverb, from Middle English, from gruf, adverb, on the face (from Old Norse ā grūfu) + -ling 1. to creep with the face to the ground; crawl 2. a. to lie or creep with the body prostrate in token of subservience or abasement b. to abase oneself 3. to give oneself over to what is base or unworthy; wallow Example: groveling in self-pity • groveler noun • grovelingly adverb
1. To work interminably and without apparent progress. Often used transitively with "over" or "through". "The file scavenger has been groveling through the /usr directories for 10 minutes now." Compare grind and crunch. Emphatic form: "grovel obscenely". 2. To examine minutely or in complete detail. "The compiler grovels over the entire source program before beginning to translate it." "I grovelled through all the documentation, but I still couldn't find the command I wanted."