crawl [ krɔ:l ]

• n.
  • a very slow movement

    "the traffic advanced at a crawl"

  • a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick

    同义词： front crawl Australian crawl

  • a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

    "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"

    同义词： crawling creep creeping

• v.
  • move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground

    "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

    同义词： creep

  • feel as if crawling with insects

    "My skin crawled--I was terrified"

  • be crawling with

    "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"

  • show submission or fear

    同义词： fawn creep cringe cower grovel

  • swim by doing the crawl

    "European children learn the breast stroke"; "they often don't know how to crawl"

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