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| 1. | [ verb ] move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground | |
| Synonyms: | creep | |
| Examples: | "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" |
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| Related terms: | travel ramp formicate creep earthworm | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a very slow movement | |
| Examples: | "the traffic advanced at a crawl" |
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| Related terms: | motion | |
| 3. | [ verb ] feel as if crawling with insects | |
| Examples: | "My skin crawled--I was terrified" |
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| Related terms: | feel | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (sport) swim by doing the crawl | |
| Examples: | "European children learn the breast stroke they often don't know how to crawl" |
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| Related terms: | swim water_sport | |
| 5. | [ verb ] show submission or fear | |
| Synonyms: | grovel cringe cower creep fawn | |
| Related terms: | bend apple_polisher sycophant | |
| 6. | [ verb ] be crawling with | |
| Examples: | "The old cheese was crawling with maggots" |
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| Related terms: | teem | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (sport) a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick | |
| Synonyms: | Australian_crawl front_crawl | |
| Related terms: | swimming_stroke flutter_kick | |
| 8. | [ noun ] a slow creeping mode of locomotion (on hands and knees or dragging the body) | |
| Synonyms: | creep creeping crawling | |
| Examples: | "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage" "the traffic moved at a creep" |
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| Related terms: | locomotion | |
| Similar spelling: |
Crawley Crowl Crowley Crowell Crull cruel Croll Creel Crail Croyle Croley Creole Creola cruelly criollo |
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