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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>grovel</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../G.html" title="G"/><link rel="previous" href="gronked.html" title="gronked"/><link rel="next" href="grue.html" title="grue"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">grovel</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gronked.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">G</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="grue.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="grovel"/><dt xmlns="" id="grovel"><b>grovel</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vi.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. To work interminably and without apparent progress. Often used
transitively with &#8216;over&#8217; or &#8216;through&#8217;. &#8220;<span class="quote">The
file scavenger has been groveling through the /usr directories for 10
minutes now.</span>&#8221; Compare <a href="grind.html"><i class="glossterm">grind</i></a> and
<a href="../C/crunch.html"><i class="glossterm">crunch</i></a>. Emphatic form: <span class="firstterm">grovel obscenely</span>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. To examine minutely or in complete detail. &#8220;<span class="quote">The compiler
grovels over the entire source program before beginning to translate
it.</span>&#8221; &#8220;<span class="quote">I grovelled through all the documentation, but I still
couldn't find the command I wanted.</span>&#8221;</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="gronked.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../G.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="grue.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">gronked </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> grue</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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