crawl
/kɹoːl/noun, verb1 syllable
Crawl means: show submission or fear.
Synonyms for crawl9
noun, as in a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
noun, as in a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
verb, as in move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
What does crawl mean?8
verb
show submission or fear
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground“The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed”
feel as if crawling with insects“My skin crawled — I was terrified”
be full of“The old cheese was crawling with maggots”
swim by doing the crawl“European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl”
noun
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body“a crawl was all that the injured man could manage”
a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
a very slow movement“the traffic advanced at a crawl”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with crawl?24
Crawl in a sentence
- The flies on the wall continued to crawl.Mithridates
- He started to crawl over to the entrance of the cave.Ussis
- He used all his strength to crawl out of the wrecked car.CK
- Yanni has to crawl to the other side.Amastan
- Babies learn to crawl before they learn to walk.CK
- The window was too small to crawl through it.Amastan
- It wanted to crawl behind her and devour her in the darkness.Mithridates
- Crawl forward is done much more agilely - scuttle like a cockroach!fcbond
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of crawl
as a noun
- plural
- crawls
as a verb
- past tense
- crawled
- present participle
- crawling
- third-person singular
- crawls