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1. (v.i.) crawl
to move in a prone position with the body close to the ground, as a worm or caterpillar, or on the hands and knees.
2. crawl
to move or progress slowly or laboriously:
a line of cars crawling toward the beach.
3. crawl
to behave in a remorseful or cringing manner.
4. crawl
to be, or feel as if, overrun with crawling things:
The hut crawled with insects.
5. crawl
(of paint) to raise or contract because of an imperfect bond with the underlying surface.
6. (v.t.) crawl
to visit or frequent one after the other:
a night of crawling the pubs.
7. (n.) crawl
the act of crawling; a slow, crawling motion.
8. crawl
a slow rate of progress.
9. crawl
a swimming stroke in a prone position, characterized by alternate overarm movements combined with the flutter kick.
10. crawl
text that moves slowly across a television or movie screen, giving information.
Etymology: (1150–1200; ME < ON krafla; cf. Dan kravle to crawl, creep)
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| Definition of 'crawl' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) crawl
a very slow movement
"the traffic advanced at a crawl"
2. (noun) crawl, front crawl, Australian crawl
a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
3. (verb) crawl, crawling, creep, creeping
a slow 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"
4. (verb) crawl, creep
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
"The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
5. (verb) crawl
feel as if crawling with insects
"My skin crawled--I was terrified"
6. (verb) crawl
be full of
"The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
7. (verb) fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
show submission or fear
8. (verb) crawl
swim by doing the crawl
"European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"
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1. (verb) crawl
to go forward using your hands and knees
The boy crawled under the bed to hide.; The baby's crawling now.
2. crawl
(of an insect) to walk
a bug crawling up my arm
3. crawl
to move or happen too slowly
traffic crawling along; The day seemed to crawl by.
4. crawl
crawling with
filled with too many of a particular type of people
a movie theater crawling with teenagers
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| Definition of 'crawl' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) crawl
the act or motion of crawling; slow motion, as of a creeping animal
2. (noun) crawl
a pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish
3. (verb) crawl
to move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep
4. (verb) crawl
to move or advance in a feeble, slow, or timorous manner
5. (verb) crawl
to advance slowly and furtively; to insinuate one's self; to advance or gain influence by servile or obsequious conduct
6. (verb) crawl
to have a sensation as of insect creeping over the body; as, the flesh crawls. See Creep, v. i., 7
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Sense: to move slowly along the ground
The injured dog crawled away.
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 Afrikaans: kruip, aansukkel |
 Arabic: يَتَجَرْجَر، يَزْحَف |
 Bulgarian: влача се |
 Brazilian: rastejar |
 Czech: plazit se, vléci se |
 German: sich schleppen |
 Danish: kravle; krybe |
 Greek: σέρνομαι |
 Spanish: avanzar lentamente |
 Estonian: roomama |
 Farsi: خزیدن؛ با ناتوانی حرکت کر |
 Finnish: madella |
 French: ramper |
 Hebrew: לִזחוֹל |
 Hindi: रेंगना, धीरे धीरे चलना, घ |
 Croatian: puzati |
 Hungarian: kúszik |
 Indonesian: merayap |
 Icelandic: mjakast, skríða |
 Italian: strisciare; trascinarsi |
 Japanese: はう |
 Korean: 기어가다 |
 Lithuanian: ropoti |
 Latvian: līst; vilkties |
 Malay: merangkak |
 Dutch: kruipen |
 Norwegian: krabbe, slepe seg |
 Polish: czołgać się |
 Persian: خزیدن؛ با ناتوانی حرکت کر |
 Pashto: له نا چاری سره یا ناتوانا |
 Portuguese: rastejar |
 Romanian: a se târî |
 Russian: ползти |
 Slovak: liezť |
 Slovenian: plaziti se |
 Serbian: sporo se kretati |
 Swedish: krypa, kravla, släpa sig |
 Thai: คลาน |
 Turkish: sürünmek |
 Taiwanese: 蠕動，貼地慢爬 |
 Ukrainian: повзати |
 Urdu: رینگنا، گھسٹنا |
 Vietnamese: trườn |
 Chinese: 蠕动，缓慢的爬行 |
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