crawl

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/kɹɔːl/

noun 6verb 5

Collocations

(verb.)

ADV

slowly

about, along, around/round, away, back, fowards, through

The baby crawled along the hallway and disappeared into the bedroom.

VERB + CRAWL

manage to

The injured hiker managed to crawl toward the road before help finally arrived.

start to

When babies start to crawl, they need a safe space to explore.

PREP

across, along, into, over, out of, under, up

The baby crawled across the living room floor toward her toys.

PHRASES

crawl on (your) hands and knees

(noun.) very slow speed

ADJ

slow

PREP

at a ~

The line at the airport ticket counter moved at a crawl during the busy holiday season.

VERB + CRAWL

be down to

During rush hour, the lines at the supermarket checkout were down to a crawl.

slow (down) to

Definitions

verb

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.

A VVorm finds vvhat it ſearches after, only by Feeling, as it cravvls from one thing to another. VVhereas a Man, having Eyes, ſees it in a Moment, all before him.

To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.

The rush-hour traffic crawled around the bypass.

To act in a servile manner.

Don’t come crawling to me with your useless apologies!

Our hard-ruled king. Again, there is sprung up. An heretic, an arch one, Cranmer; one. Hath crawled into the favour of the king

Followed by with: see crawl with.

To feel a swarming sensation.

The horrible sight made my skin crawl.

noun

The act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc.

The act of sequentially visiting a series of similar establishments (i.e., a bar crawl).

A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.

A very slow pace.

My computer has slowed down to a crawl since I installed that software package.

A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.

22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/ The opening crawl (and a stirring propaganda movie) informs us that “The Hunger Games” are an annual event in Panem, a North American nation divided into 12 different districts, each in service to the Capitol, a wealthy metropolis that owes its creature comforts to an oppressive dictatorship.

noun

A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the

crawling
creep
creeping

verb — move slowly

creep

verb — show submission or fear

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

make someone's skin crawl

To frighten or disgust.

The sound of fingernails on a chalkboard just makes my skin crawl.

crawl with

To include or be covered with swarms or large numbers of (something, especially insects or people); to have in great numbers or multitudes.

The kitchen was crawling with cockroaches.

crawl over each other

To compete with others eagerly or fiercely in pursuit of the same goal(s).

We crawl over each other in our race for power, wealth, and fame.

crawl before one walks

To learn the basics before doing something at a more advanced level.

crawl into a hole

To hide or disappear due to feelings of extreme embarrassment, shame, or helplessness; to withdraw from reality.

Example Bank

Clutching my wounded side, I crawled back to the trench.

Wiktionary

A VVorm finds vvhat it ſearches after, only by Feeling, as it cravvls from one thing to another. VVhereas a Man, having Eyes, ſees it in a Moment, all before him.

Wiktionary

'Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,' he said. 'The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on

Wiktionary

My computer has slowed down to a crawl since I installed that software package.

Wiktionary

The baby began to crawl.

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Usage Notes

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