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crawl - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
crawl
Definition
(noun) a very slow movement
Example Sentence
the traffic advanced at a crawl
Definition
(noun) a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
Synonyms
:
australian crawl
,
front crawl
Definition
(noun) a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
Synonyms
:
crawling
,
creep
,
creeping
Example Sentence
a crawl was all that the injured man could manage
the traffic moved at a creep
Definition
(verb) move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
Synonyms
:
creep
Example Sentence
The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed
Definition
(verb) feel as if crawling with insects
Example Sentence
My skin crawled--I was terrified
Definition
(verb) be full of
Example Sentence
The old cheese was crawling with maggots
Definition
(verb) show submission or fear
Synonyms
:
cower
,
creep
,
cringe
,
fawn
,
grovel
Definition
(verb) swim by doing the crawl
Example Sentence
European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl
Word used in video below:
text: Oh, we'll have a bar crawl in his honor!
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