wallow

1. (figurative) To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically.Examples: "She wallowed in her misery."; "If there be any lazy Fellow, any that cannot away with Work, any that would wallow in Pleaſures, he is haſty to be prieſted. And, when he is made one, and hath gotten a Benefice, he conſorts with his Neighbour Prieſts, who are altogether given to Pleaſures; and then both he, and they, live, not like Chriſtians, but like Epicures; drinking, eating, feaſting, and revelling, till the Cow come Home, as the saying is; [...]"; "With the help of a sleepy waiter, Little Billee got the bacchanalian into his room and lit his candle for him, and, disengaging himself from his maudlin embraces, left him to wallow in solitude."Synonyms: grovel, bask, delight, indulge, luxuriate, revel, rollickfigurativelyintransitive