[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

grovel \grov"el\, v. i. imp.  p. p. groveledor grovelled;
   p. pr.  vb. n. groveling or grovelling. from oe.
   grovelinge, grufelinge, adv., on the face, prone, which was
   misunderstood as a p. pr.; cf. oe. gruf, groff, in the same
   sense; of scand. origin, cf. icel. gr=ufa, in =a gr=ufu
   on the face, prone, gr=ufa to grovel.
   1. to creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to
      lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the
      earth; to lie flat on one's belly, expressive of
      abjectness; to crawl.
      1913 webster

            to creep and grovel on the ground.    --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to
      be low, abject, or mean.
      1913 webster
see also:
groveled grovelled groveling grovelling 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

grovel
     v : show submission or fear syn: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe,
          cower
     also: grovelling, grovelled
see also:
fawn crawl creep cringe cower grovelling 
grovelled 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

94 moby thesaurus words for "grovel":
   apple-polish, be promiscuous, bend, bend the knee, bend the neck,
   bend to, bootlick, bow, bow and scrape, bow down, bow to,
   chase women, commit adultery, couch, cower, crawl, creep, cringe,
   cringe to, crouch, crouch before, curtsy, debauch, dissipate,
   do homage, do obeisance, fawn, flatter, flounder, fornicate,
   genuflect, get down, go on tiptoe, gumshoe, hug the earth, hunch,
   hunch down, inch, inch along, kneel, kneel to, knuckle to, kowtow,
   lay, lick the dust, lickspittle, lie, lie down, lie flat,
   lie limply, lie low, lie prone, lie prostrate, lie under, loll,
   lounge, nightwalk, pad, philander, prowl, pussyfoot, rake, recline,
   repose, roll, scrabble, scramble, scrouch down, sidle,
   sleep around, slink, snake, sneak, sprawl, squat, steal,
   steal along, stoop, swing, tippytoe, tiptoe, toadeat, toady,
   truckle, truckle to, tumble, underlie, wallow, wanton, welter,
   whore, womanize, worm, worm along

[4] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

grovel vi. 1. to work interminably and without apparent progress. often
   used transitively with `over' or `through'. "the file scavenger has been
   groveling through the /usr directories for 10 minutes now." compare
   grind and crunch. emphatic form: `grovel obscenely'. 2. to examine
   minutely or in complete detail. "the compiler grovels over the entire
   source program before beginning to translate it." "i grovelled through
   all the documentation, but i still couldn't find the command i wanted."


see also:
grind crunch 

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

grovel
     
        1. to work interminably and without apparent progress.  often
        used transitively with "over" or "through".  "the file
        scavenger has been groveling through the /usr directories for
        10 minutes now."  compare grind and crunch.  emphatic
        form: "grovel obscenely".
     
        2. to examine minutely or in complete detail.  "the compiler
        grovels over the entire source program before beginning to
        translate it."  "i grovelled through all the documentation,
        but i still couldn't find the command i wanted."
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
grind crunch jargon file 

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