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grovelgrov‧el /ˈɡrɒvəl $ ˈɡrɑː-, ˈɡrʌ-/ verb (past tense and past participle grovelled, present participle grovelling British English, groveled, groveling American English)   grovelOrigin: 1800-1900 groveling ‘lying face downward’ (16-19 centuries), from groof ‘on the face’ (14-19 centuries), from Old Norse grufu VERB TABLEgrovel |
| Present | I, you, we, they | grovel | | he, she, it | grovels | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | grovelled (BrE), groveled (AmE) | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have grovelled (BrE), groveled (AmE) | | he, she, it | has grovelled (BrE), groveled (AmE) | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had grovelled (BrE), groveled (AmE) | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will grovel | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have grovelled (BrE), groveled (AmE) |
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| Present | I | am grovelling (BrE), groveling (AmE) | | he, she, it | is grovelling (BrE), groveling (AmE) | | you, we, they | are grovelling (BrE), groveling (AmE) | | Past | I, he, she, it | was grovelling (BrE), groveling (AmE) | | you, we, they | were grovelling (BrE), groveling (AmE) | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been grovelling (BrE), groveling (AmE) | | he, she, it | has been grovelling (BrE), groveling (AmE) | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been grovelling (BrE), groveling (AmE) | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be grovelling (BrE), groveling (AmE) | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been grovelling (BrE), groveling (AmE) |
- I grovelled to my parents and promised I wouldn't do it again.
- If a police officer stops your car, be respectful to him, but don't grovel.
- That dog grovels every time you shout.
- The department is having to grovel for money again.
- There's nothing worse than seeing a man grovel just to keep his job.
- But even that failed to satisfy the council and, last week, a grovelling apology had to be broadcast.
- I looked back and saw him grovelling in the road for his hat.
- I will not grovel for interviews.
- If they want any patients, they must grovel before the family practitioners they previously lorded over.
- No longer you have to grovel through the woods each spring in hopes of stumbling across a few of these delectable fungi.
- Not that she would grovel either - devil take it, she'd keep some pride!
- So, what exactly is going on in the pesticide world to reduce me to such grovelling gratitude?
- These are men who lead their daily lives with inflated pomp; they grovel for nothing.
to be too friendly to someone in authority► suck up to somebody informal also creep up to somebody British informal, also kiss up to somebody American informal to say or do a lot of nice things to someone in authority, in order to make them like you and help you in some way - use this to show disapproval: · Sucking up to the teacher doesn't mean you'll pass your exams.· I'm not going to kiss up to anyone for favors.· He was creeping up to the interviewer, trying to look good. ► grovel to behave in a very respectful, obedient way towards someone, because you want them to help you or forgive you: · If a police officer stops your car, be respectful to him, but don't grovel.grovel for: · The department is having to grovel for money again.grovel to British: · I grovelled to my parents and promised I wouldn't do it again. ► brown-nose informal to be very nice to someone in authority and help them do things in order to try to make them like you and help you - use this to show disapproval: · Kids don't want other kids to think they're brown-nosing, so they don't tell teachers when they've enjoyed a class. ► creep British someone who pretends to really respect or admire someone, but only in order to make the other person like them or do something for them: · She's such a creep at work.· Will's the class creep, and the teachers don't notice. 1[intransitive] to praise someone a lot or behave with a lot of respect towards them because you think that they are important and will be able to help you in some way – used to show disapproval SYN crawlgrovel to I had to really grovel to the bank manager to get a loan.2[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move along the ground on your hands and knees: I saw him grovelling in the road for his hat.—grovelling adjective: a grovelling apology |