All 4 Uses of
wallow
in
Gone with the Wind
- In the open space around the depot, the soft ground had been cut and churned by the constant flow of traffic in and out until it resembled an enormous hog wallow, and here and there vehicles were mired to the hubs in the ruts.
Chpt 2.8 (definition 1)wallow = relax; (or more rarely, a mud puddle)
- There seemed to be just as many vehicles wallowing in the mud holes as there had been then, except that there were no Confederate ambulances,
Chpt 4.33 (definition 2) *wallowing = moving with difficulty
- Now secure, she wanted to dance, to play, to riot, to gorge on foods and fine wine, to deck herself in silks and satins, to wallow on soft feather beds and fine upholstery.
Chpt 5.49 (definition 1)wallow = relax; (or more rarely, a mud puddle)
- It was an enormous bottomless trough in which the hogs could swill and wallow.
Chpt 5.52 (definition 1) *wallow = relax
Definitions:
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(1) (wallow as in: wallow happily in the mud) to relax -- especially of an animal rolling about in mud or shallow water
or more rarely: a noun describing the mud puddle or indentation in which an animal relaxes or rolls around
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(2) (wallow as in: a wagon wallowed through the mud) to move with difficulty; or perhaps just to move through water or in a rolling/wave-like manner