WALLOW

Pronunciation (US):

• WALLOW (noun)
  The noun WALLOW has 2 senses:

1. a puddle where animals go to wallow
2. an indolent or clumsy rolling about

  Familiarity information: WALLOW used as a noun is rare.

• WALLOW (verb)
  The verb WALLOW has 5 senses:

1. devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure
2. roll around,
3. rise up as if in waves
4. be ecstatic with joy
5. delight greatly in

  Familiarity information: WALLOW used as a verb is common.

• WALLOW (noun)

Meaning:

A puddle where animals go to wallow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("wallow" is a kind of...):

mud puddle (a puddle of mud)

Meaning:

An indolent or clumsy rolling about

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Context example:

a good wallow in the water

Hypernyms ("wallow" is a kind of...):

axial motion; axial rotation; roll (rotary motion of an object around its own axis)

• WALLOW (verb)

Meaning:

Devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Context examples:

Wallow in luxury / wallow in your sorrows

Hypernyms (to "wallow" is one way to...):

indulge (give free rein to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Roll around,

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

wallow; welter

Context example:

pigs were wallowing in the mud

Hypernyms (to "wallow" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Meaning:

Rise up as if in waves

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

billow; wallow

Context example:

smoke billowed up into the sky

Hypernyms (to "wallow" is one way to...):

soar; soar up; soar upwards; surge; zoom (rise rapidly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wallow"):

cloud (billow up in the form of a cloud)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Meaning:

Be ecstatic with joy

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Synonyms:

triumph; rejoice; wallow

Hypernyms (to "wallow" is one way to...):

be on cloud nine; exult; jump for joy; walk on air (feel extreme happiness or elation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Meaning:

Delight greatly in

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Context example:

wallow in your success!

Hypernyms (to "wallow" is one way to...):

delight; enjoy; revel (take delight in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something