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Crawl

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Noun

1. crawl

a very slow movement

Example Sentences:
'the traffic advanced at a crawl'

2. australian crawl, crawl, front crawl

a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick

3. crawl, crawling, creep, creeping

a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

Example Sentences:
'a crawl was all that the injured man could manage'
'the traffic moved at a creep'

Verb

4. crawl, creep

move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

Example Sentences:
'The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed'

5. crawl

feel as if crawling with insects

Example Sentences:
'My skin crawled--I was terrified'

6. crawl

be full of

Example Sentences:
'The old cheese was crawling with maggots'

7. cower, crawl, creep, cringe, fawn, grovel

show submission or fear

8. crawl

swim by doing the crawl

Example Sentences:
'European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Crawl

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verb (intransitive)
1. 
to move slowly, either by dragging the body along the ground or on the hands and knees
2. 
to proceed or move along very slowly or laboriously
the traffic crawled along the road
3. 
to act or behave in a servile manner; fawn; cringe
4. 
to be or feel as if overrun by something unpleasant, esp crawling creatures
the pile of refuse crawled with insects
5. 
(of insects, worms, snakes, etc) to move with the body close to the ground
6. 
to swim the crawl
noun
7. 
a slow creeping pace or motion
8. Also called: Australian crawl, front crawl swimming
a stroke in which the feet are kicked like paddles while the arms reach forward and pull back through the water
noun
an enclosure in shallow, coastal water for fish, lobsters, etc

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Crawl

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verb intransitive
1. 
to move slowly by dragging the body along the ground, as a worm
2. 
to go on hands and knees; creep
3. 
to move or go slowly or feebly
4. 
to move or act in an abjectly servile manner
5. 
to swarm or teem (with crawling things)
noun
6. 
the act of crawling; slow movement
7. 
a swimming stroke in which one lies prone, with the face in the water except when turned briefly sideward for breathing, and uses alternate overarm strokes and a flutter kick
8. 
a bulletin, explanation, or credits run up or across a TV screen
9.  British, Slang
pub-crawl
noun
an enclosure in shallow water for confining fish, turtles, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Crawl

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intr.v. crawled, crawl·ing, crawls
1. To move slowly on the hands and knees or by dragging the body along the ground; creep: The baby crawled across the floor.
2. To advance slowly, feebly, laboriously, or with frequent stops: We crawled along in traffic until we reached the highway.
3. To proceed or act servilely: "She was going to come crawling back to me, eloquently detailing exactly how sorry she was" (Emily Griffin).
4. To be or feel as if swarming or covered with moving things: The accident scene was crawling with police officers. My flesh crawled in horror.
5. To swim the crawl.
n.
1. The action of moving slowly on the hands or knees or dragging the body along the ground.
2. An extremely slow pace: Traffic was moving at a crawl.
3. Sports A rapid swimming stroke consisting of alternating overarm strokes and a flutter kick.
4. A set of letters or figures that move across, up, or down a movie or television screen, usually giving information, such as film credits or weather alerts. Also called crawler.
5. A social activity that consists of going to a series of related establishments one after the other: a bar crawl; a museum crawl.
n.
Archaic
A pen in shallow water, as for confining fish or turtles.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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