grovel
🇺🇸
/ˈɡrɑːvl/
🇬🇧
/ˈɡrɒvl/
intransitive verb
R
To act very submissively or humbly towards someone, often to gain favor or forgiveness.
After losing his job, he had to grovel for a chance to be rehired.
R
To crawl or move along the ground on hands and knees, typically in search of something.
The child was groveling on the floor, trying to find his lost toy.
translation
To act very submissively or humbly towards someone, often to gain favor or forgiveness.; To crawl or move along the ground on hands and knees, typically in search of something.
Word Forms
3rd Present
grovels
Past
groveled
Perfect
groveled
Progressive
groveling