Crawl — synonyms, definition

1. crawl (Verb)

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crawl (Verb) — Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground. ex. "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

crawl (Verb) — Feel as if crawling with insects. ex. "My skin crawled--I was terrified"

crawl (Verb) — Be full of. ex. "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"

crawl (Verb) — Show submission or fear.

crawl (Verb) — (water sport) swim by doing the crawl. ex. "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"

crawl (Verb) — (computing) index linked files or web sites, e.g. so they can later be searched.

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2. crawl (Noun)

Australian crawl crawling creeping front crawl

crawl (Noun) — A very slow movement. ex. "the traffic advanced at a crawl"

crawl (Noun) — A swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick.

crawl (Noun) — A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body. ex. "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"

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