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CRAWL
crawl, crawling, creep, creeping
(noun) a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; âa crawl was all that the injured man could manageâ; âthe traffic moved at a creepâ
crawl
(noun) a very slow movement; âthe traffic advanced at a crawlâ
crawl, front crawl, Australian crawl
(noun) a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
crawl, creep
(verb) move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; âThe crocodile was crawling along the riverbedâ
crawl
(verb) swim by doing the crawl; âEuropean children learn the breast stroke; they often donât know how to crawlâ
fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
(verb) show submission or fear
crawl
(verb) be full of; âThe old cheese was crawling with maggotsâ
crawl
(verb) feel as if crawling with insects; âMy skin crawled--I was terrifiedâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Verb
crawl (third-person singular simple present crawls, present participle crawling, simple past and past participle crawled)
(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
(intransitive) To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
(intransitive) To act in a servile manner.
(intransitive, with "with") See crawl with.
(intransitive) To feel a swarming sensation.
(intransitive) To swim using the crawl stroke.
(transitive) To move over an area on hands and knees.
(intransitive) To visit while becoming inebriated.
(transitive) To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.
Noun
crawl (plural crawls)
The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops.
A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
(figurative) A very slow pace.
(television, film) A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
Etymology 2
Noun
crawl (plural crawls)
A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.
Source: Wiktionary
Crawl (krl), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Crawled (krld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crawling.] Etym: [Dan. kravle, or Icel. krafla, to paw, scrabble with the hands; akin to Sw. kr to crawl; cf. LG. krabbeln, D. krabbelen to scratch.]
1. To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and kness; to creep. A worm finds what it searches after only by feeling, as it crawls from one thing to another. Grew.
2. Hence, to move or advance in a feeble, slow, or timorous manner. He was hardly able to crawl about the room. Arbuthnot. The meanest thing that crawl'd beneath my eyes. Byron.
3. To advance slowly and furtively; to insinuate one's self; to advance or gain influence by servile or obsequious conduct. Secretly crawling up the battered walls. Knolles. Hath crawled into the favor of the king. Shak. Absurd opinions crawl about the world. South.
4. To have a sensation as of insect creeping over the body; as, the flesh crawls. See Creep, v. i. ,7.
Crawl (krl), n.
Definition: The act or motion of crawling;
Crawl, n. Etym: [Cf. Kraal.]
Definition: A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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