1. To search or do other work at great length without apparent progress. Some programs grovel over a whole input file before they begin to produce output. A programmer may have to grovel through manuals in search of documentation on a particular command, or through code in search of a bug.
2. To post a plea for some favor to a newsgroup.
1. 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; to crawl.
2. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean.