Grōv'el, v. i.
(grōv'/ĕl), v. i. [imp. & p. p. GROVELED, or GROVELLED; p. pr. & vb. n. GROVELING, or GROVELLING.] [Cf. L. & H. Ger. krabbeln, D. grubbelen, krabbelen, to crawl, Dan. kravle, to climb, crawl up, Sw. kravla, to creep, to advance with difficulty, Icel. grufa, to lie prostrate on the ground. Cf. GRABBLE.]
Sense 1. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move with the body prostrate on the earth; to act in a prostrate posture.
To creep and grovel on the ground. Dryden.
Sense 2. To be low or mean; as, groveling thoughts.