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- Dictionarycrawl/krôl/
verb
- 1. (of a person) move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground: "they crawled out from under the table" Similar
- 2. behave obsequiously or ingratiatingly in the hope of gaining someone's favor: informal "don't come crawling back to me later when you realize your mistake" Similar
noun
- 1. an act of moving on one's hands and knees or dragging one's body along the ground: "they began the crawl back to their own lines"
- 2. a swimming stroke involving alternate overarm movements and rapid kicks of the legs: "she could do the crawl and so many other strokes"
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: to be alive or swarming with or as if with creeping things. a kitchen crawling with ants. b. : to have the sensation of insects creeping over one. The story made her flesh crawl.
to be completely covered with or full of a particular type of thing: After the bomb scare, the airport was crawling with police. See more. Idiom.
Crawl definition: to move in a prone position with the body resting on or close to the ground, as a worm or caterpillar, or on the hands and knees, as a young child.. See examples of CRAWL used in a sentence.
SYNONYMS 1. crawl, creep refer to methods of moving like reptiles or worms, or on all fours. They are frequently interchangeable, but crawl is used of a more prostrate movement than creep: A dog afraid of punishment crawls toward his master. creep expresses slow progress: A child creeps before walking or running.
1. To move slowly on the hands and knees or by dragging the body along the ground; creep: The baby crawled across the floor. 2. To advance slowly, feebly, laboriously, or with frequent stops: We crawled along in traffic until we reached the highway. 3.
Definition of crawl verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To crawl is to move slowly across the floor on your hands and knees. Before they learn to walk, most babies crawl. You might crawl around looking for a lost earring, or watch a spider crawl across your ceiling. The slow, creeping movement itself is a crawl, too: "Traffic was moving at a crawl."
to try to please someone because you want them to like you or help you: My brother is always crawling to Mum. be crawling with sb/sth. to be full of insects or people in a way that is unpleasant: The kitchen's crawling with ants.
Master the word "CRAWL" in English: definitions, translations, synonyms, pronunciations, examples, and grammar insights - all in one complete resource.
CRAWL meaning: 1. to move along on hands and knees or with your body stretched out along a surface: 2. to move or…. Learn more.
