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Crawl Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Crawl? [n] a slow creeping mode of locomotion (on hands and knees or dragging the body); "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep" [n] a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl" [n] a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick [v] move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" [v] swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl" [v] show submission or fear [v] be crawling with; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots" [v] feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Crawl: Australian crawl \| cower \| crawling \| creep \| creep \| creeping \| cringe \| fawn \| front crawl \| grovel Related Terms \| Find terms related to Crawl: abound \| all fours \| amble \| andante \| aquaplaning \| aquatics \| Australian crawl \| backstroke \| balneation \| bathe \| bathing \| bend the knee \| blister \| bootlick \| bow \| bow and scrape \| breaststroke \| butterfly \| castigate \| claudicate \| claudication \| couch \| cower \| crawling \| creep \| creeping \| cringe \| crouch \| dead march \| diving \| dog paddle \| dogtrot \| drag \| drag along \| drag on \| drag out \| edge \| excoriate \| fawn \| feel creepy \| feel funny \| fin \| fishtail \| flapper \| flatter \| flay \| flipper \| floating \| flow \| footpace \| funeral march \| go dead slow \| go on \| go on tiptoe \| go slow \| grovel \| gumshoe \| gumshoeing \| have gooseflesh \| have the creeps \| hobble \| hug the earth \| idle \| inch \| inch along \| jog \| jog trot \| jog-trot \| kneel \| kowtow \| lay \| laze \| leisurely gait \| lick the dust \| lickspittle \| lie \| lie down \| lie flat \| lie limply \| lie low \| lie prone \| lie prostrate \| lie under \| limp \| linger \| linger on \| loll \| lounge \| lumbering pace \| mincing steps \| mosey \| natation \| nightwalk \| nightwalking \| pad \| padding \| plod \| poke \| poke along \| prowl \| prowling \| pullulate \| pussyfoot \| pussyfooting \| rack \| recline \| repose \| roast \| saunter \| scathe \| scorch \| scrabble \| scramble \| shamble \| shuffle \| shuffle along \| sidestroke \| sidle \| sidling \| slam \| slide \| slink \| slinking \| slouch \| slow march \| slow motion \| snake \| snaking \| sneak \| sneaking \| sprawl \| squat \| squirm \| stagger along \| steal \| steal along \| stealing \| stoop \| stroll \| surfboarding \| surfing \| swarm \| swim \| swimming \| tarry \| teem \| tippytoe \| tiptoe \| tiptoeing \| toadeat \| toady \| toddle \| toddle along \| totter along \| traipse \| treading water \| truckle \| trudge \| underlie \| waddle \| wading \| walk \| waterskiing \| wear on \| wiggle \| worm \| worm along \| worming \| wriggle See Also \| bend \| feel \| flex \| flutter kick \| formicate \| go \| locomote \| locomotion \| motion \| move \| move \| movement \| pullulate \| ramp \| swarm \| swim \| swimming stroke \| teem \| travel \| travel Crawl In Webster's Dictionary \Crawl\ (kr[add]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crawled} (kr[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crawling}.] [Dan. kravle, or Icel. krafla, to paw, scrabble with the hands; akin to Sw. kr[aum]la 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 knees; 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\ (kr?l), n. The act or motion of crawling; slow motion, as of a creeping animal. \Crawl\, n. [Cf. {Kraal}.] A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish.

Crawl Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Crawl?

[n] a slow creeping mode of locomotion (on hands and knees or dragging the body); "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep"
[n] a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl"
[n] a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
[v] move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
[v] swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"
[v] show submission or fear
[v] be crawling with; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
[v] feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified"

Crawl In Webster's Dictionary

\Crawl\ (kr[add]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crawled}
(kr[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crawling}.] [Dan. kravle, or
Icel. krafla, to paw, scrabble with the hands; akin to Sw.
kr[aum]la 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 knees; 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\ (kr?l), n.
The act or motion of crawling; slow motion, as of a creeping
animal.


\Crawl\, n. [Cf. {Kraal}.]
A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for
holding fish.

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