wallows in English

verb

1

(chiefly of large mammals) roll about or lie relaxed in mud or water, especially to keep cool, avoid biting insects, or spread scent.

watering places where buffalo liked to wallow

synonyms: loll about/around, roll about/around, lie about/around, splash about/around, slosh, wade, paddle, splosh

2

(of a person) indulge in an unrestrained way in (something that creates a pleasurable sensation).

I was wallowing in the luxury of the hotel

synonyms: luxuriate, bask, take pleasure, take satisfaction, indulge (oneself), delight, revel, glory, enjoy, like, love, relish, savor, get a kick out of, get off on

noun

1

an act of wallowing.

a wallow in nostalgia

2

an area of mud or shallow water where mammals go to wallow, typically developing into a depression in the ground over long use.

They are great diggers of wallows and water-holes and they help other animals to access water.

verb

loll about/around, roll about/around, lie about/around, splash about/around, slosh, wade, paddle, splosh
roll, lurch, toss, plunge, pitch, reel, rock, flounder, keel, list, labor
luxuriate, bask, take pleasure, take satisfaction, indulge (oneself), delight, revel, glory, enjoy, like, love, relish, savor, get a kick out of, get off on
triumph, rejoice
billow
welter

Use "wallows" in a sentence

1. Moʹab wallows in his vomit,

2. She wallows in nostalgia for the past.

3. And that perfume she wallows in is muck.

4. The Javan rhinoceros does not generally dig its own mud wallows, preferring to use other animals' wallows or naturally occurring pits, which it will use its horn to enlarge.

5. Painfully she wallows down on her knees and without diffidence soaps and rinses me all over.

6. In addition, a clay wallows and two basins with interchangeable substrates (e.g. bark mulch, gravel.) were added.

7. Those moments are nearly profound, and elevate the film above the slacker cliches in which it wallows.

8. Furthermore, as seen in other deer species male moose will dig mud pits and soak them in urine and the females will fight over possession of these wallows.