• (adv.) To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean. • (adv.) To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie fiat on one`s belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/grovel/
Grov'el intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Groveled or Grovelled ; present participle & verbal noun Groveling or Grovelling .] [ From Middle English grovelinge , grufelinge , ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/62