intransitive verb. To behave in a servile or obsequious manner.

intransitive verb. To lie or creep in a prostrate position, as in subservience or humility.

intransitive verb. To give oneself over to base pleasures.

To creep or crawl on the earth, or with the face and body bent to the ground; lie prone, or move with the body prostrate on the earth; especially, to lie prostrate in abject humility, fear, etc.

Hence To have a tendency toward or take pleasure in low or base things; be low, abject, or mean; be morally depraved.

intransitive verb. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie flat on one's belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl.

intransitive verb. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean.

verb. To be prone on the ground.

verb. To crawl

verb. To abase oneself before another person.

verb. To be nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something.

verb. To take pleasure in mundane activities.

verb. show submission or fear

groveled  groveling  grovelled  grovelling  

bend  flex  

novel  

apple-polish  be promiscuous  bend  bend the knee  bend the neck  

grovelled  grovelling  

grovelled  grovelling  grovels