2014-04-26 14:52:28 +00:00
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grovel
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2014-04-26 15:54:15 +00:00
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vi. 1. To work interminably and without apparent progress. Often used
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transitively with over or through. The file scavenger has been groveling
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through the /usr directories for 10 minutes now. Compare grind and crunch.
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Emphatic form: grovel obscenely. 2. To examine minutely or in complete
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detail. The compiler grovels over the entire source program before beginning
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to translate it. I grovelled through all the documentation, but I still
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couldn't find the command I wanted.
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