Crawl

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To move slowly on the hands and knees or by dragging the body along the ground; creep.
  • verb-intransitive. To advance slowly, feebly, laboriously, or with frequent stops: We crawled along until we reached the open road.
  • verb-intransitive. To proceed or act servilely.
  • verb-intransitive. To be or feel as if swarming or covered with moving things: The accident scene was crawling with police officers. My flesh crawled in horror. See Synonyms at teem1.
  • verb-intransitive. To swim the crawl.
  • n. The action of moving slowly on the hands or knees or dragging the body along the ground.
  • n. An extremely slow pace: Traffic was moving at a crawl.
  • n. Sports A rapid swimming stroke consisting of alternating overarm strokes and a flutter kick.
  • n. A set of letters or figures that move across, up, or down a movie or television screen, usually giving information, such as film credits or weather alerts.
  • n. A pen in shallow water, as for confining fish or turtles.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
  • v. To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
  • v. To act in a servile manner.
  • v. See crawl with.
  • v. To feel a swarming sensation.
  • v. To swim using the crawl stroke.
  • v. To move over an area on hands and knees.
  • v. To visit while becoming inebriated.
  • v. To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.
  • n. The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops
  • n. A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick
  • n. A piece of horizontally scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
  • n. A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep.
  • verb-intransitive. to move or advance in a feeble, slow, or timorous manner.
  • verb-intransitive. To advance slowly and furtively; to insinuate one's self; to advance or gain influence by servile or obsequious conduct.
  • verb-intransitive. To have a sensation as of insect creeping over the body. See Creep, v. i., 7.
  • n. The act or motion of crawling; slow motion, as of a creeping animal.
  • n. A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To move slowly by thrusting or drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; creep.
  • To move or walk feebly, slowly, laboriously, or timorously.
  • To advance slowly and secretly or cunningly; hence, to insinuate one's self; gain favor by obsequious conduct.
  • To have a sensation like that produced by a worm crawling upon the body: as, the flesh crawls.
  • n. The act of crawling; a slow, crawling motion: as, his walk is almost a crawl.
  • n. A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the sea-coast, for containing fish or turtles.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. swim by doing the crawl
  • n. a very slow movement
  • v. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
  • n. a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
  • v. show submission or fear
  • n. a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
  • v. be full of
  • v. feel as if crawling with insects
  • Verb Form
    crawled    crawling    crawls   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    swim    movement    motion    move    swimming stroke    bend    flex    travel    locomotion    pullulate   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    creep   
    Form
    crawler    pub crawl    front crawl   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    creep    cringe    insert    crop    stomach   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ball    Fall    Gaul    Hall    Montreal    Nepal    Paul    Raul    Saul    Senegal   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    creep    trot    tingle    climb    ascent    slowness    gait