Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
grof .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete Forwards; with one's face to the ground.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb obsolete
forwards ; with one'sface to theground
Etymologies
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Compare grovel.
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Examples
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