About The Word Crawl
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Crawl
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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. |
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