crawl
/krˈɔl/
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Definitions
Noun
a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl"
Noun
a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
Noun
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"
Verb
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
Verb
feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified"
Verb
be full of; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
Verb
show submission or fear
Verb
swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don''t know how to crawl"