crawl (n.)

  1. a very slow movement; the traffic advanced at a crawl'

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

    [ Syn: front crawl , australian crawl ]

  3. 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

    [ Syn: crawling , creep , creeping ]

    crawl (v.)

  1. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed

    [ Syn: creep ]

  2. feel as if crawling with insects; My skin crawled--I was terrified'

  3. be full of; The old cheese was crawling with maggots'

  4. show submission or fear

    [ Syn: fawn , creep , cringe , cower , grovel ]

  5. swim by doing the crawl; European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl'

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