crawl

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[edit] Etymology

Origin unknown; probably Scandinavian (compare Swedish kravla, Danish kravle)

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Infinitive
to crawl

Third person singular
crawls

Simple past
crawled

Past participle
crawled

Present participle
crawling

to crawl (third-person singular simple present crawls, present participle crawling, simple past and past participle crawled)

  1. (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.
  2. (intransitive) To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
    The rush-hour traffic crawled around the bypass.
  3. (intransitive) To act in a servile manner.
    Don't come crawling to me with your useless apologies!
  4. (intransitive) To teem; to be covered or swarming (with).
    The crime scene was crawling with police and reporters.
  5. (intransitive) To feel a swarming sensation.
    The horrible sight made my skin crawl.
  6. (intransitive) To swim using the crawl stroke.
    I think I'll crawl the next hundred metres.
  7. (transitive) To move over an area on hands and knees.
    The baby crawled the entire second floor.
  8. (intransitive) To visit while becoming inebriated.
    They crawled the downtown bars.
  9. (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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[edit] Noun

Singular
crawl

Plural
crawls

crawl (plural crawls)

  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. (television) A piece of horizontally scrolling text overlaid on the main image.

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[edit] French

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crawl m. (plural crawl)

  1. crawl (swimming stroke)

[edit] Italian

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crawl m. (plural crawl)

  1. crawl (swimming stroke)

[edit] Swedish

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Declination for crawl Singular Uncountable
Common Indefinite Definite
Base form crawl crawlen
Possessive form crawls crawlens

crawl c.

  1. crawl; swimming stroke

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