| v. i. | 1. | To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep. |
| 2. | to move or advance in a feeble, slow, or timorous manner. | |
| 3. | To advance slowly and furtively; to insinuate one's self; to advance or gain influence by servile or obsequious conduct. | |
| 4. | To have a sensation as of insect creeping over the body; | |
| n. | 1. | The act or motion of crawling; slow motion, as of a creeping animal. |
| 1. | A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish. |
| Noun | 1. | crawl - a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl" |
| 2. | crawl - a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick Synonyms: Australian crawl, front crawl | |
| 3. | crawl - a slow creeping mode of locomotion (on hands and knees or dragging the body); "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep" | |
| Verb | 1. | crawl - move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" Synonyms: creep |
| 2. | crawl - feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified" | |
| 3. | crawl - be crawling with; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots" | |
| 4. | crawl - show submission or fear | |
| 5. | crawl - swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl" |
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