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List of meaning for crawl

to move forward on your hands or knees

crawl(noun)

a very slow movement

"the traffic advanced at a crawl"

crawl, front crawl, Australian crawl(noun)

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

crawl, crawling, creep, creeping(verb)

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"

crawl, creep(verb)

move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

"The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

crawl(verb)

feel as if crawling with insects

"My skin crawled--I was terrified"

crawl(verb)

be full of

"The old cheese was crawling with maggots"

fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel(verb)

show submission or fear

crawl(verb)

swim by doing the crawl

"European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"

to move slowly with the body close to the ground

the time we had to crawl through a narrow passageway from one cave to another

to move slowly

the weekend traffic on the road to the beach just crawled

to move or act slowly

the deadline is fast approaching, so this is no time to crawl

to be copiously supplied

something must be up, as city hall is crawling with reporters

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