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verb (used without object)
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.
EXPANDto 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.
COLLAPSE(of paint) to raise or contract because of an imperfect bond with the underlying surface.
verb (used with object)
8.
to visit or frequent a series of (especially bars): to crawl the neighborhood pubs.
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Crawling
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
noun
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.
Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English crawlen < Old Norse krafla; compare Danish kravle to crawl, creep
1150–1200; Middle English crawlen < Old Norse krafla; compare Danish kravle to crawl, creep
Related forms
crawl·ing·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. Crawl, creep refer to methods of moving like reptiles or worms, or on all fours. They are frequently interchangeable, but crawl is used of a more prostrate movement than creep: A dog afraid of punishment crawls toward his master. Creep expresses slow progress: A child creeps before walking or running.
1. Crawl, creep refer to methods of moving like reptiles or worms, or on all fours. They are frequently interchangeable, but crawl is used of a more prostrate movement than creep: A dog afraid of punishment crawls toward his master. Creep expresses slow progress: A child creeps before walking or running.
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Word Origin & History
crawl
c.1200, crewlen, from a Scand. source, perhaps O.N. krafla "to claw (one's way)." If there was an O.E. *craflian, it has not been recorded. Swimming sense is from 1903, the stroke developed by Frederick Cavill, well-known English swimmer who emigrated to Australia and modified the standard stroke of
EXPAND the day after observing South Seas islanders. So called because the swimmer's motion in the water resembles crawling.
COLLAPSE
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