ALL meanings of crawl
crawl
C c - verb crawl When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees. 3
- verb crawl When an insect crawls somewhere, it moves there quite slowly. 3
- verb crawl If someone or something crawls somewhere, they move or progress slowly or with great difficulty. 3
- verb crawl Crawl is also a noun. 3
- verb crawl If you say that a place is crawling with people or animals, you are emphasizing that it is full of them. 3
- singular noun crawl The crawl is a kind of swimming stroke which you do lying on your front, swinging one arm over your head, and then the other arm. 3
- verb crawl to move slowly, either by dragging the body along the ground or on the hands and knees 3
- verb crawl to proceed or move along very slowly or laboriously 3
- verb crawl to act or behave in a servile manner; fawn; cringe 3
- verb crawl to be or feel as if overrun by something unpleasant, esp crawling creatures 3
- verb crawl (of insects, worms, snakes, etc) to move with the body close to the ground 3
- verb crawl to swim the crawl 3
- noun crawl a slow creeping pace or motion 3
- noun crawl a stroke in which the feet are kicked like paddles while the arms reach forward and pull back through the water 3
- noun crawl an enclosure in shallow, coastal water for fish, lobsters, etc 3
- intransitive verb crawl to move slowly by dragging the body along the ground, as a worm 3
- intransitive verb crawl to go on hands and knees; creep 3
- intransitive verb crawl to move or go slowly or feebly 3
- intransitive verb crawl to move or act in an abjectly servile manner 3
- intransitive verb crawl to swarm or teem (with crawling things) 3
- noun crawl the act of crawling; slow movement 3
- noun crawl a swimming stroke in which one lies prone, with the face in the water except when turned briefly sideward for breathing, and uses alternate overarm strokes and a flutter kick 3
- noun crawl a bulletin, explanation, or credits run up or across a TV screen 3
- noun crawl pub-crawl 3
- noun crawl an enclosure in shallow water for confining fish, turtles, etc. 3
- verb without object crawl 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. 1
- verb without object crawl (of plants or vines) to extend tendrils; creep. 1
- verb without object crawl 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. 1
- verb without object crawl to behave in a remorseful, abject, or cringing manner: Don't come crawling back to me asking for favors. 1
- verb without object crawl to be, or feel as if, overrun with crawling things: The hut crawled with lizards and insects. 1
- verb without object crawl Ceramics. (of a glaze) to spread unevenly over the surface of a piece. 1
- verb without object crawl (of paint) to raise or contract because of an imperfect bond with the underlying surface. 1
- verb with object crawl to visit or frequent a series of (especially bars): to crawl the neighborhood pubs. 1
- verb with object crawl 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. 1
- noun crawl an enclosure in shallow water on the seacoast, as for confining fish, turtles, etc.: a crab crawl. 1
- noun crawl (of a person) move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground. 1
- intransitive verb crawl move on all fours 1
- intransitive verb crawl insect: creep 1
- intransitive verb crawl time: go slowly 1
- intransitive verb crawl vehicle: move slowly 1
- noun crawl slow pace 1
- noun crawl swimming stroke 1
- noun crawl The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops. 0
- noun crawl A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick. 0
- noun crawl (figuratively) A very slow pace. 0
- noun crawl (television, film) A piece of horizontally scrolling text overlaid on the main image. 0
- noun crawl A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish. 0
- verb crawl (Intransitive Verb) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground. 0
- verb crawl (Intransitive Verb) To move forward slowly, with frequent stops. 0
- verb crawl (Intransitive Verb) To act in a servile manner. 0