All 4 Uses of
wallow
in
The Jungle Book
- The buffaloes generally keep to the pools and muddy places, where they lie wallowing or basking in the warm mud for hours.
p. 93.5 *wallowing = relaxing
- ...or watch a lizard basking on a rock, or a snake hunting a frog near the wallows.
p. 95.1wallows = mud puddles
- Day after day Mowgli would lead the buffaloes out to their wallows,
p. 95.6
- Akela and Gray Brother ran to and fro nipping the buffaloes' legs, and though the herd wheeled once to charge up the ravine again, Mowgli managed to turn Rama, and the others followed him to the wallows.
p. 102.6
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 -
(2)
(wallow as in: wallow in self-pity) to excessively give into a desire (indulge)
(This is often said of something negative such as self-pity when no attempt is made to move beyond it. But it is also sometimes said without negative connotation just to indicate that someone is enjoying a lot of something such as luxury or rest.) -
(3)
(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
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)