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- DictionaryCrawl/krôl/
verb
- 1. (of a person) move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground: "they crawled out from under the table"
- 2. behave obsequiously or ingratiatingly in the hope of gaining someone's favor: informal "don't come crawling back to me later when you realize your mistake"
noun
- 1. an act of moving on one's hands and knees or dragging one's body along the ground: "they began the crawl back to their own lines"
- 2. a swimming stroke involving alternate overarm movements and rapid kicks of the legs: "she could do the crawl and so many other strokes"
Check pronunciation: crawl. Definition of crawl verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
3 days ago · to move slowly, either by dragging the body along the ground or on the hands and knees. 2. to proceed or move along very slowly or laboriously. the traffic crawled along the road. 3. to act or behave in a servile manner; fawn; cringe. 4. to be or feel as if overrun by something unpleasant, esp crawling creatures.
to be full of insects or people in a way that is unpleasant: The kitchen's crawling with ants. crawl. noun. uk / krɔːl / us. crawl noun (SPEED) a very slow speed: Traffic slowed to a crawl. crawl noun (SWIMMING) a style of swimming in which you move your arms over your head and kick with straight legs.
To crawl is to move slowly across the floor on your hands and knees. Before they learn to walk, most babies crawl. You might crawl around looking for a lost earring, or watch a spider crawl across your ceiling. The slow, creeping movement itself is a crawl, too: "Traffic was moving at a crawl ."
1. The action of moving slowly on the hands or knees or dragging the body along the ground. 2. An extremely slow pace: Traffic was moving at a crawl. 3. Sports A rapid swimming stroke consisting of alternating overarm strokes and a flutter kick. 4.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English crawl1 /krɔːl $ krɒːl/ verb [ intransitive] 1 to move along on your hands and knees with your body close to the ground crawl along/across etc The baby crawled across the floor. 2 if an insect crawls, it moves using its legs crawl over/up etc There’s a bug crawling up your leg. 3 → crawl into/ou...
CRAWL meaning: 1. to move along on hands and knees or with your body stretched out along a surface: 2. to move or…. Learn more.
