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