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Overview of noun crawl

The noun crawl has 3 senses


  • crawl -- (a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl")

  • crawl, front crawl, Australian crawl -- (a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick)

  • crawl, crawling, creep, creeping -- (a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep")


Overview of verb crawl

The verb crawl has 5 senses


  • crawl, creep -- (move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed")

  • crawl -- (feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified")

  • crawl -- (be full of; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots")

  • fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel -- (show submission or fear)

  • crawl -- (swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl")