CRAWL

/kɹɔl/ ► audio Scrabble 10 Words With Friends 12

Definition

  1. noun a very slow movement.
  2. noun a swimming stroke. — synonyms: front_crawl, Australian_crawl
  3. noun a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body. — synonyms: crawling, creep, creeping
  4. verb move slowly. — synonyms: creep
  5. verb feel as if crawling with insects.
  6. verb be full of.
  7. verb show submission or fear. — synonyms: fawn, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
  8. verb swim by doing the crawl.

Examples

  • “My computer has slowed down to a crawl since I installed that software package.”
  • “Clutching my wounded side, I crawled back to the trench.”
  • “The rush-hour traffic crawled around the bypass.”

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