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crawl
1[ krawl ]
verb (used without object)
- 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.
- (of plants or vines) to extend tendrils; creep.
- 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.
- to behave in a remorseful, abject, or cringing manner:
Don't come crawling back to me asking for favors.
- to be, or feel as if, overrun with crawling things:
The hut crawled with lizards and insects.
- Ceramics. (of a glaze) to spread unevenly over the surface of a piece.
- (of paint) to raise or contract because of an imperfect bond with the underlying surface.
verb (used with object)
- to visit or frequent a series of (similar businesses, especially bars):
to crawl the neighborhood pubs.
- Digital Technology. to digitally survey (websites) using a computer program, as in order to index web pages for a search engine: Compare spider ( def 10 ).
Search engines are constantly crawling the web.
noun
- the act of crawling; a slow, crawling motion.
- the visiting of a series of similar businesses, especially bars:
a beer crawl;
a museum crawl.
- a slow pace or rate of progress:
Traffic slowed to a crawl.
- Swimming. a stroke in a prone position, characterized by alternate overarm movements combined with the flutter kick.
- Television, Movies. titles that slowly move across a screen, providing information.
crawl
2[ krawl ]
noun
- an enclosure in shallow water on the seacoast, as for confining fish, turtles, etc.:
a crab crawl.
crawl
1/ krɔːl /
verb
- to move slowly, either by dragging the body along the ground or on the hands and knees
- to proceed or move along very slowly or laboriously
the traffic crawled along the road
- to act or behave in a servile manner; fawn; cringe
- to be or feel as if overrun by something unpleasant, esp crawling creatures
the pile of refuse crawled with insects
- (of insects, worms, snakes, etc) to move with the body close to the ground
- to swim the crawl
noun
- a slow creeping pace or motion
- Also calledAustralian crawlfront crawl swimming a stroke in which the feet are kicked like paddles while the arms reach forward and pull back through the water
crawl
2/ krɔːl /
noun
- an enclosure in shallow, coastal water for fish, lobsters, etc
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Derived Forms
- ˈcrawlingly, adverb
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Other Words From
- crawling·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crawl1
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Example Sentences
“Now get on your knees and crawl,” he demanded with the slap of a leather horse crop against the palm of his hand.
Klain is not the first to crawl out of the swamp of Biden World on to the larger stage.
Social media is heavily censored, with Instagram blocked and access to various websites operating at a crawl.
But as the opening crawl assures, “none of this is canon, so just relax.”
John Huston recalls in his autobiography, An Open Book, a time when he asked Mitchum to crawl across the grass on his elbows.
He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!
Crawl up there again, Sarge, and look straight down at the first ledge from the bottom.
In a moment it began to crawl down the side of the street, seeming to fill the whole city with silence.
In the first place, as to hours—they never leave the ball-room until utterly exhausted, and scarcely fit to crawl to bed.
Bud slid noiselessly out of the car and under it, head to the rear where he could crawl out quickly.
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