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crawl - a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body; "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep" |
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crawling,
creep,
creeping |
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locomotion,
travel self-propelled movement
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crawl - a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick |
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swimming stroke a method of moving the arms and legs to push against the water and propel the swimmer forward
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flutter kick a swimming kick; the legs are moved rapidly up and down without bending the knees
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crawl - a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl" |
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motion,
move,
movement the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
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| Verb |
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crawl - move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" |
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creep |
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go,
locomote,
move,
travel be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge"
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formicate crawl about like ants
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crawl - swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl" |
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swim move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives"
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aquatics,
water sport sports that involve bodies of water
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crawl - be full of; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots" |
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pullulate,
swarm,
teem breed freely and abundantly
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crawl - feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified" |
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feel be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state; "My cold is gone--I feel fine today"; "She felt tired after the long hike"; "She felt sad after her loss"
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