Crawl
verbkrɔl
Noun
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
“a crawl was all that the injured man could manage”
Type of:LocomotionTravela very slow movement
“the traffic advanced at a crawl”
Type of:MotionMoveMovementa swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
Verb
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
“The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed”
Similar:CreepType of:TravelGoLocomotebe full of
“The old cheese was crawling with maggots”
Type of:PullulateTeemSwarmfeel as if crawling with insects
“My skin crawled--I was terrified”
Type of:Feelswim by doing the crawl
“European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl”
Type of:Swimshow submission or fear
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