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rypeä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • forage verb To search for food, especially in the wild.
  • grovel verb To lie or crawl face-down on the ground, often out of fear or submission.
  • wallow verb To roll around in mud, water, or something similarly messy.

Senses

rypeä is used for these senses in English:

  • forage To rampage through, gathering and destroying as one goes.
  • grovel (intransitive) To take pleasure in mundane activities.
  • wallow (figurative) To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically.
  • wallow To live or exist in filth or in a sickening manner.

forage — full definition

  1. verb To search for food, especially in the wild.
  2. noun Food gathered for livestock, such as hay or grazed grass.

grovel — full definition

  1. verb To lie or crawl face-down on the ground, often out of fear or submission.
  2. verb To act with exaggerated humility or flattery toward someone, especially to win their favor or forgiveness.

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