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Definition of Crawl
1. Verb. Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground. "The streets crawl with crowds"; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Specialized synonyms: Formicate
Derivative terms: Crawler, Crawler, Crawling, Creep, Creep, Creeper, Creeping
2. Noun. A very slow movement. "The traffic advanced at a crawl"
3. Verb. Feel as if crawling with insects. "My skin crawled--I was terrified"
4. Noun. A swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick.
Generic synonyms: Swimming Stroke
Terms within: Flutter Kick
5. Verb. Be full of. "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
6. Noun. A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body. "The traffic moved at a creep"
Generic synonyms: Locomotion, Travel
Derivative terms: Creep, Creep
7. Verb. Show submission or fear.
Generic synonyms: Bend, Flex
Derivative terms: Coward, Crawler, Fawner, Groveler, Groveller
8. Verb. Swim by doing the crawl. "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"
Definition of Crawl
1. v. i. To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep.
2. n. The act or motion of crawling; slow motion, as of a creeping animal.
3. n. A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish.
Definition of Crawl
1. Verb. (intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To move forward slowly, with frequent stops. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To act in a servile manner. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive with "with") See crawl with. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To feel a swarming sensation. ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive) To swim using the crawl stroke. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) To move over an area on hands and knees. ¹
8. Verb. (intransitive) To visit while becoming inebriated. ¹
9. Verb. (transitive) To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching. ¹
10. Noun. The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops ¹
11. Noun. A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick ¹
12. Noun. (television film) A piece of horizontally scrolling text overlaid on the main image. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crawl
1. to move with the body on or near the ground [v -ED, -ING, -S]