[krawl] 
| 1. | to move in a prone position with the body resting on or close to the ground, as a worm or caterpillar, or on the hands and knees, as a young child. |
| 2. | (of plants or vines) to extend tendrils; creep. |
| 3. | to move or progress slowly or laboriously: The line of cars crawled behind the slow-moving truck. The work just crawled until we got the new machines. |
| 4. | to behave in a remorseful, abject, or cringing manner: Don't come crawling back to me asking for favors. |
| 5. | to be, or feel as if, overrun with crawling things: The hut crawled with lizards and insects. |
| 6. | Ceramics. (of a glaze) to spread unevenly over the surface of a piece. |
| 7. | (of paint) to raise or contract because of an imperfect bond with the underlying surface. |
| 8. | to visit or frequent a series of (esp. bars): to crawl the neighborhood pubs. |
| 9. | act of crawling; a slow, crawling motion. |
| 10. | a slow pace or rate of progress: Traffic slowed to a crawl. |
| 11. | Swimming. a stroke in a prone position, characterized by alternate overarm movements combined with the flutter kick. |
| 12. | Television, Movies. titles that slowly move across a screen, providing information. |
| crawl 1 (krôl) intr.v. crawled, crawl·ing, crawls
[Middle English craulen, from Old Norse krafla; see gerbh- in Indo-European roots.] crawl'ing·ly adv. |
| crawl 2 (krôl) n. A pen in shallow water, as for confining fish or turtles. [Afrikaans kraal, enclosure for animals; see kraal.] |