Definitions for crawl
krɔlcrawl

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. crawlnoun

   a very slow movement

   "the traffic advanced at a crawl"

2. crawl, front crawl, Australian crawlnoun

   a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick

3. crawl, crawling, creep, creepingverb

   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. crawl, creepverb

   move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

   "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

5. crawlverb

   feel as if crawling with insects

   "My skin crawled--I was terrified"

6. crawlverb

   be full of

   "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"

7. fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovelverb

   show submission or fear

8. crawlverb

   swim by doing the crawl

   "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. crawlnoun

   The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops

   Etymology: crawlen, from krafla (cf. Danish kravle ‘to crawl, creep’, Swedish kravla), from krablōnan (cf. Dutch krabbelen, Low German , Middle High German krappeln), frequentative of krabbōnan ‘to scratch, scrape’. More at crab.

2. crawlnoun

   A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick

   Etymology: crawlen, from krafla (cf. Danish kravle ‘to crawl, creep’, Swedish kravla), from krablōnan (cf. Dutch krabbelen, Low German , Middle High German krappeln), frequentative of krabbōnan ‘to scratch, scrape’. More at crab.

3. crawlnoun

   A piece of horizontally scrolling text overlaid on the main image.

   Etymology: crawlen, from krafla (cf. Danish kravle ‘to crawl, creep’, Swedish kravla), from krablōnan (cf. Dutch krabbelen, Low German , Middle High German krappeln), frequentative of krabbōnan ‘to scratch, scrape’. More at crab.

4. crawlverb

   To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.

   Clutching my wounded side, I crawled back to the trench.

   Etymology: crawlen, from krafla (cf. Danish kravle ‘to crawl, creep’, Swedish kravla), from krablōnan (cf. Dutch krabbelen, Low German , Middle High German krappeln), frequentative of krabbōnan ‘to scratch, scrape’. More at crab.

5. crawlverb

   To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.

   The rush-hour traffic crawled around the bypass.

   Etymology: crawlen, from krafla (cf. Danish kravle ‘to crawl, creep’, Swedish kravla), from krablōnan (cf. Dutch krabbelen, Low German , Middle High German krappeln), frequentative of krabbōnan ‘to scratch, scrape’. More at crab.

6. crawlverb

   To act in a servile manner.

   Don't come crawling to me with your useless apologies!

   Etymology: crawlen, from krafla (cf. Danish kravle ‘to crawl, creep’, Swedish kravla), from krablōnan (cf. Dutch krabbelen, Low German , Middle High German krappeln), frequentative of krabbōnan ‘to scratch, scrape’. More at crab.

7. crawlverb

   See crawl with.

   Etymology: crawlen, from krafla (cf. Danish kravle ‘to crawl, creep’, Swedish kravla), from krablōnan (cf. Dutch krabbelen, Low German , Middle High German krappeln), frequentative of krabbōnan ‘to scratch, scrape’. More at crab.

8. crawlverb

   To feel a swarming sensation.

   The horrible sight made my skin crawl.

   Etymology: crawlen, from krafla (cf. Danish kravle ‘to crawl, creep’, Swedish kravla), from krablōnan (cf. Dutch krabbelen, Low German , Middle High German krappeln), frequentative of krabbōnan ‘to scratch, scrape’. More at crab.

9. crawlverb

   To swim using the crawl stroke.

   I think I'll crawl the next hundred metres.

   Etymology: crawlen, from krafla (cf. Danish kravle ‘to crawl, creep’, Swedish kravla), from krablōnan (cf. Dutch krabbelen, Low German , Middle High German krappeln), frequentative of krabbōnan ‘to scratch, scrape’. More at crab.

10. crawlverb

    To move over an area on hands and knees.

    The baby crawled the entire second floor.

    Etymology: crawlen, from krafla (cf. Danish kravle ‘to crawl, creep’, Swedish kravla), from krablōnan (cf. Dutch krabbelen, Low German , Middle High German krappeln), frequentative of krabbōnan ‘to scratch, scrape’. More at crab.

11. crawlverb

    To visit while becoming inebriated.

    They crawled the downtown bars.

    Etymology: crawlen, from krafla (cf. Danish kravle ‘to crawl, creep’, Swedish kravla), from krablōnan (cf. Dutch krabbelen, Low German , Middle High German krappeln), frequentative of krabbōnan ‘to scratch, scrape’. More at crab.

12. crawlverb

    To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.

    Yahoo Search has updated its Slurp Crawler to crawl web sites faster and more efficient.

    Etymology: crawlen, from krafla (cf. Danish kravle ‘to crawl, creep’, Swedish kravla), from krablōnan (cf. Dutch krabbelen, Low German , Middle High German krappeln), frequentative of krabbōnan ‘to scratch, scrape’. More at crab.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Crawlverb

   to move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep

   Etymology: [Dan. kravle, or Icel. krafla, to paw, scrabble with the hands; akin to Sw. krla to crawl; cf. LG. krabbeln, D. krabbelen to scratch.]

2. Crawlverb

   to move or advance in a feeble, slow, or timorous manner

   Etymology: [Dan. kravle, or Icel. krafla, to paw, scrabble with the hands; akin to Sw. krla to crawl; cf. LG. krabbeln, D. krabbelen to scratch.]

3. Crawlverb

   to advance slowly and furtively; to insinuate one's self; to advance or gain influence by servile or obsequious conduct

   Etymology: [Dan. kravle, or Icel. krafla, to paw, scrabble with the hands; akin to Sw. krla to crawl; cf. LG. krabbeln, D. krabbelen to scratch.]

4. Crawlverb

   to have a sensation as of insect creeping over the body; as, the flesh crawls. See Creep, v. i., 7

   Etymology: [Dan. kravle, or Icel. krafla, to paw, scrabble with the hands; akin to Sw. krla to crawl; cf. LG. krabbeln, D. krabbelen to scratch.]

5. Crawlnoun

   the act or motion of crawling; slow motion, as of a creeping animal

   Etymology: [Dan. kravle, or Icel. krafla, to paw, scrabble with the hands; akin to Sw. krla to crawl; cf. LG. krabbeln, D. krabbelen to scratch.]

6. Crawlnoun

   a pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish

   Etymology: [Dan. kravle, or Icel. krafla, to paw, scrabble with the hands; akin to Sw. krla to crawl; cf. LG. krabbeln, D. krabbelen to scratch.]

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1. Crawl

   "Crawl" is the first single from New Zealand rock band Atlas released in 2007. It was featured on their debut album Reasons for Voyaging. It is one of the most successful New Zealand rock songs of the 21st century, staying atop the charts for seven weeks.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Crawl

   krawl, v.i. to move slowly along the ground, as a worm: to creep: to move feebly, stealthily, or sneakingly: to be covered with crawling things.—n. the act of crawling.—ns. Crawl′er, one who or that which crawls: a reptile; Crawl′ing.—adv. Crawl′y (coll.), with a creepy feeling. [Scand.; Ice. krafla, Dan. kravle; Ger. krabbeln, to creep.]

2. Crawl

   krawl, n. a pen for keeping fish: a kraal.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. crawl

   A sort of pen, formed by a barrier of stakes and hurdles on the sea-coast, to contain fish or turtle. On the coast of Africa, a pen for slaves awaiting shipment.

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1. crawl

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Matched Categories

1. • Aquatics
   • Feel
   • Motion
   • Move
   • Swarm
   • Swim

British National Corpus

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   Rank popularity for the word 'crawl' in Verbs Frequency: #1016

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of crawl in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of crawl in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of crawl in a Sentence

1. Maxine Waters:

   I don't know whether the bombs are real or not, but we should not crawl under the bed, close the doors, not go out, be afraid to go to rallies, whatever.

2. Chase LeBlanc:

   Standing tall doesn’t mean straight up – It means you fall-tall, crawl-tall, stumble-tall... until your back-up-tall. All true entrepreneurs, leaders and managers know this.

3. Haros Jr.:

   The traders used to treat her like an office mother, until she couldnt physically walk or crawl, she was going to work.

4. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   Foot is superior to wing, because even when we have wings to fly in the sky, we still need feet so as not to crawl on the ground!

5. Van Doormaal:

   We noticed an immediate difference. The biggest changes are her head control, really quickly after the treatment she was able to hold her head up which is something she's never done before. She can sit with some support and hopefully one day she'll crawl, maybe one day she'll even walk. That's really an optimistic dream, I know, but we like to have high expectations and we don't want to hold her back.

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