grovel

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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 couldnt find the command I wanted."
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