Crawl

Verb

 * 1)  To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
 * Clutching my wounded side, I crawled back to the trench.
 * 1)  To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
 * The rush-hour traffic crawled around the bypass.
 * 1)  To act in a servile manner.
 * Don't come crawling to me with your useless apologies!
 * 1)  See crawl with.
 * 2)  To feel a swarming sensation.
 * ''The horrible sight made my skin crawl.
 * 1)  To swim using the crawl stroke.
 * I think I'll crawl the next hundred metres.
 * 1)  To move over an area on hands and knees.
 * The baby crawled the entire second floor.
 * 1)  To visit while becoming inebriated.
 * They crawled the downtown bars.
 * 1)  To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.
 * Yahoo Search has updated its Slurp Crawler to crawl web sites faster and more efficient.

Derived terms

 * crawler

Noun

 * 1) The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops
 * 2) A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick
 * 3)  A piece of horizontally scrolling text overlaid on the main image.

Derived terms

 * front crawl
 * pub crawl


 * urban crawl

Adverbs for Crawl
Interminably; sluggishly; softly; wearily; tortuously; bestially; dejectedly; sorrowfully; toilingly; determinedly.

Thesaurus
Australian crawl, abound, all fours, amble, andante, aquaplaning, aquatics, backstroke, balneation, bathe, bathing, bend the knee, blister, bootlick, bow, bow and scrape, breaststroke, butterfly, castigate, claudicate, claudication, couch, cower, crawling, creep, creeping, cringe, crouch, dead march, diving, dog paddle, dogtrot, drag, drag along, drag on, drag out, edge, excoriate, fawn, feel creepy, feel funny, fin, fishtail, flapper, flatter, flay, flipper, floating, flow, footpace, funeral march, go dead slow, go on, go on tiptoe, go slow, grovel, gumshoe, gumshoeing, have gooseflesh, have the creeps, hobble, hug the earth, idle, inch, inch along, jog, jog trot, jog-trot, kneel, kowtow, lay, laze, leisurely gait, lick the dust, lickspittle, lie, lie down, lie flat, lie limply, lie low, lie prone, lie prostrate, lie under, limp, linger, linger on, loll, lounge, lumbering pace, mincing steps, mosey, natation, nightwalk, nightwalking, pad, padding, plod, poke, poke along, prowl, prowling, pullulate, pussyfoot, pussyfooting, rack, recline, repose, roast, saunter, scathe, scorch, scrabble, scramble, shamble, shuffle, shuffle along, sidestroke, sidle, sidling, slam, slide, slink, slinking, slouch, slow march, slow motion, snake, snaking, sneak, sneaking, sprawl, squat, squirm, stagger along, steal, steal along, stealing, stoop, stroll, surfboarding, surfing, swarm, swim, swimming, tarry, teem, tippytoe, tiptoe, tiptoeing, toadeat, toady, toddle, toddle along, totter along, traipse, treading water, truckle, trudge, underlie, waddle, wading, walk, waterskiing, wear on, wiggle, worm, worm along, worming, wriggle

Etymology
crawlen:, from krafla: (cf. Danish kravle: ‘to crawl, creep’, Swedish kravla:), from  (cf. Dutch krabbelen:, Low German undefined:, Middle High German krappeln:), frequentative of  ‘to scratch, scrape’. More at.

Pronunciation




Verb

 * Arabic: زحف
 * Bulgarian: пълзя
 * Cebuano:
 * Chinese:, , 爬行, 匍匐,  蛇行
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * Czech: se,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Ewe: ta
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: ბობღვა, ცოცვა, ხოხვა


 * German: ,
 * Greek: έρπω
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese:
 * Latgalian:
 * Latvian: rāpot
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:, èalaidh
 * Spanish: (stealthily),  (like a baby or a toddler)
 * Telugu: పాకు (paaku), దేకు (daeku)
 * Thai: คลาน
 * Thai: คลาน


 * Bulgarian: влача се
 * Czech: se,
 * Finnish:, ryömiä
 * French: avancer au pas
 * German:
 * Hebrew: הזדחל


 * Hungarian: vánszorog
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: èalaidh
 * Spanish: avanzar a paso de tortuga
 * Telugu: దేకు (daeku)


 * Bulgarian: угоднича
 * Czech: se
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: s'aplatir (devant)


 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: humillarse (ante)


 * Bulgarian: гъмжа
 * Finnish:
 * French: grouiller (de)
 * German:


 * Hungarian: hemzseg
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: estar cuajado (de)


 * Finnish:
 * French: avoir la chair de poule


 * German:
 * Russian: мурашки по телу (muráški po télu)


 * Bulgarian: плувам кроул
 * Finnish:
 * French: faire le crawl
 * German:


 * Greek: κάνω κρόουλ
 * Italian: nuotare a crawl
 * Russian: плыть кролем (plyt' królem)


 * Bulgarian: пълзя
 * Finnish:


 * Greek: μπουσουλάω
 * Scottish Gaelic: èalaidh


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * : (doesn't this mean to drag?)

Noun

 * Bulgarian: пълзене
 * Finnish: konttaus, ryömintä( on hands and knees); matelu (with frequent stops)
 * German:


 * Hebrew: זחילה (zkhila) -  movement on knees and hands; הזדחלות (hizdakhlut)  - slow movement with frequent stops
 * Russian: ползание


 * Bulgarian: кроул
 * Chinese: 自由泳
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: κρόουλ


 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: クロール
 * Russian: кроль
 * Spanish: crol, estilo crol
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1) crawl (swimming stroke)

Noun

 * 1) crawl (swimming stroke)

Noun
crawl


 * 1) crawl; swimming stroke

Related terms

 * crawla