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Definitions for Crawl

[1] to move in a prone position with the body resting on or close to the ground, as a worm or caterpillar, or on the hands and knees, as a young child.
[2] (of plants or vines) to extend tendrils; creep.
[3] to move or progress slowly or laboriously: The line of cars crawled behind the slow-moving truck. The work just crawled until we got the new machines.
[4] to behave in a remorseful, abject, or cringing manner: Don't come crawling back to me asking for favors.
[5] to be, or feel as if, overrun with crawling things: The hut crawled with lizards and insects.
[6] Ceramics . (of a glaze) to spread unevenly over the surface of a piece.
[7] (of paint) to raise or contract because of an imperfect bond with the underlying surface.
[8] to visit or frequent a series of (especially bars): to crawl the neighborhood pubs.
[9] Also spider . Digital Technology . to retrieve (data) from a website using a computer program, as in order to index web pages for a search engine: Search engines are constantly crawling the web.
[10] act of crawling; a slow, crawling motion.
[11] a slow pace or rate of progress: Traffic slowed to a crawl.
[12] Swimming . a stroke in a prone position, characterized by alternate overarm movements combined with the flutter kick.
[13] Television , Movies . titles that slowly move across a screen, providing information.
[14] an enclosure in shallow water on the seacoast, as for confining fish, turtles, etc.: a crab crawl.
[15] to move slowly, either by dragging the body along the ground or on the hands and knees
[16] to proceed or move along very slowly or laboriously the traffic crawled along the road
[17] to act or behave in a servile manner; fawn; cringe
[18] to be or feel as if overrun by something unpleasant, esp crawling creatures the pile of refuse crawled with insects
[19] (of insects, worms, snakes, etc) to move with the body close to the ground
[20] to swim the crawl
[21] a slow creeping pace or motion
[22] Also called: Australian crawl , front crawl swimming a stroke in which the feet are kicked like paddles while the arms reach forward and pull back through the water
[23] an enclosure in shallow, coastal water for fish, lobsters, etc

Words related to Crawl

poke, slither, drag, wriggle, plod, slide, squirm, clamber, inch, creep, writhe, grovel, lag, lollygag, worm, scrabble, fawn, toady, cringe, truckle

Words nearby Crawl

crawdad, crawdaddy, crawfish, crawford, crawfordsville, crawl, crawler, crawler lane, crawler track, crawley, crawling

Origin of Crawl

21650–60; < Dutch kraal < Spanish corral corral; cf. kraal

Words that may be confused with Crawl

craw, crawl

Other words from Crawl

crawl·ing·ly , adverb

Word origin for Crawl

C17: from Dutch kraal kraal

Synonyms for Crawl

clamber, creep, drag, inch, plod, poke, slide, slither, squirm, wriggle, grovel, lag, lollygag, scrabble, worm, writhe, drag oneself along, go on all fours, go on belly, hang back, loiter along, move at snail's pace, move on hands and knees, pull oneself along