crawl
noun
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a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body“A crawl was all that the injured climber could manage after their fall.”crawlingcreepcreeping
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a very slow movement“the traffic advanced at a crawl”
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a swimming strokebreaststrokefront crawl
verb
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to move slowlycreep
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to swim by doing the crawl
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to show submission or fearcreepfawncringecowergrovel
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to be full of“The old cheese was crawling with maggots.”
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to feel as if crawling with insects“My skin crawled--I was terrified”