crawl
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Origin unknown; probably Scandinavian (compare Swedish kravla, Danish kravle)
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔːl
[edit] Verb
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to crawl (third-person singular simple present crawls, present participle crawling, simple past and past participle crawled)
- (intransitive) 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.
- (intransitive) To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
- The rush-hour traffic crawled around the bypass.
- (intransitive) To act in a servile manner.
- Don't come crawling to me with your useless apologies!
- (intransitive) To teem; to be covered or swarming (with).
- The crime scene was crawling with police and reporters.
- (intransitive) To feel a swarming sensation.
- The horrible sight made my skin crawl.
- (intransitive) To swim using the crawl stroke.
- I think I'll crawl the next hundred metres.
- (transitive) To move over an area on hands and knees.
- The baby crawled the entire second floor.
- (intransitive) To visit while becoming inebriated.
- They crawled the downtown bars.
- (transitive) 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.
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to move along the ground on hands and knees
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to move slowly
to act in a servile manner
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to teem or swarm
to feel swarming sensation
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to swim using crawl stroke
to index files or web sites in order to make them available for search
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[edit] Noun
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crawl (plural crawls)
- The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops
- A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick
- (television) A piece of horizontally scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
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slow movement on hands and knees
swimming stroke
[edit] French
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crawl m. (plural crawl)
- crawl (swimming stroke)
[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
crawl m. (plural crawl)
- crawl (swimming stroke)
[edit] Swedish
[edit] Noun
| Declination for crawl | Singular | Uncountable | ||
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| Common | Indefinite | Definite | ||
| Base form | crawl | crawlen | ||
| Possessive form | crawls | crawlens | ||
crawl c.
- crawl; swimming stroke
