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grovel
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1 to draw back or crouch down in fearful submission the way in which the abused dog would grovel whenever its owner came near Synonyms of grovel cringe, cower, quailWords Related to grovel flinch, recoil, shrink, squinch; blanch, blench, whiten; fawn, kowtow, toady
2 to move slowly with the body close to the ground because of their anatomy, bats can only grovel while moving along the ground Synonyms of grovel belly, creep, crawl, slide, slither, snake, worm, wriggleWords Related to grovel crouch, squat; edge, inch, nose; skulk, sneak, steal, tiptoe
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