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crawl

Nouns

• (n) a very slow movement
  • the traffic advanced at a crawl
• (n) a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick Australian crawl, front crawl,
• (n) 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
  crawling, creeping, creep,

Verbs

• (v) move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
  • The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
  creep,
• (v) feel as if crawling with insects
  • My skin crawled--I was terrified
• (v) be full of
  • The old cheese was crawling with maggots
• (v) show submission or fear fawn, grovel, cower, cringe, creep,
• (v) swim by doing the crawl
  • European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl

Synonyms

creep Australian crawl front crawl crawling creeping fawn grovel cower cringe

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