wallow

wallow
intransitive verb
1) (roll around) sich wälzen; [Schiff:] schlingern; (in mud also) sich suhlen
2) (fig.): (take delight) schwelgen (in in + Dat.)
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['woləu] 1. verb
(to roll about with enjoyment: This hippopotamus wallowed in the mud.) sich wälzen
2. noun
(an act of wallowing.) das Sich-Wälzen
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wal·low
[ˈwɒləʊ, AM ˈwɑ:loʊ]
I. n usu sing Bad nt a. fig
he likes a good \wallow in the bath er liebt es, so richtig ausgiebig zu baden
II. vi
to \wallow in sth
1. (lie) sich akk in etw dat wälzen [o suhlen
2. (pej: in negativity) sich akk etw dat hingeben, etw dat frönen geh
to \wallow in self-pity in [o vor] Selbstmitleid zerfließen
3. (revel) in etw dat schwelgen geh
to \wallow in luxury im Luxus baden [o geh schwelgen]
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['wɒləʊ]
1. n
(= act) Bad nt; (= place) Suhle f
2. vi
1) (lit) (animal) sich wälzen, sich suhlen; (boat) rollen
2) (fig)

to wallow in luxury/self-pity etc — im Luxus/Selbstmitleid etc schwelgen

to wallow in money (inf) — im Geld schwimmen (inf)

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wallow [ˈwɒləʊ; US ˈwɑ-]
A v/i
1. sich wälzen, sich suhlen (beide:
in in dat) (Schwein etc):
wallow in money umg im Geld schwimmen;
wallow in pleasure im Vergnügen schwelgen;
wallow in self-pity sich in Selbstmitleid ergehen;
wallow in vice dem Laster frönen
2. SCHIFF rollen, schlingern (Schiff)
B s
1. Sichwälzen n:
have a wallow (in) A 1
2. Schwelgen n
3. JAGD Suhle f:
in the wallow of despondency fig im Sumpf der Verzweiflung
4. SCHIFF Rollen n, Schlingern n
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intransitive verb
1) (roll around) sich wälzen; [Schiff:] schlingern; (in mud also) sich suhlen
2) (fig.): (take delight) schwelgen (in in + Dat.)
* * *
v.
im Schmutz wälzen ausdr.

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