Wallow — Defs

01 v. i. To roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in t…

imp. & p. p. Wallowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wallowing

1.
To roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire.
“I may wallow in the lily beds.” — Shak.
2.
To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a beastly and unworthy manner.
“God sees a man wallowing in his native impurity.” — South.
3.
To wither; to fade.[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

02 v. t. To roll; esp., to roll in anything defiling or unclean.

03 n. A kind of rolling walk.

1.
A kind of rolling walk.
“One taught the toss, and one the new French wallow.” — Dryden.
2.
Act of wallowing.
3.
A place to which an animal comes to wallow; also, the depression in the ground made by its wallowing; as, a buffalo wallow.