- crawl - a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl"
--1 is a kind of motion, movement, move
Derived form: verb crawl1 - crawl, front crawl, Australian crawl - a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
--2 is a kind of swimming stroke
--2 has parts: flutter kickDerived form: verb crawl5 - crawl, crawling, creep, creeping - a slow creeping 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"
--3 is a kind of locomotion, travel
Derived form: verb crawl1
- crawl, creep - move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun crawl3, noun crawl1, noun crawler2, noun crawler3, noun crawling1
The streets crawl with crowds
The streets crawl with crowds
- crawl - feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified"
--2 is one way to feel
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- crawl - be crawling with; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
--3 is one way to teem, pullulate, swarm
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
- fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel - show submission or fear
--4 is one way to bend, flex
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun crawler1
Somebody ----s PP
- crawl - swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"
--5 is one way to swim
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun crawl2
Somebody ----s
- crawl - be crawling with; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"