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Crawl

krɔːl

Crawl definitions
verb
crawl crawled crawling crawls
  1. move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground

    "they crawled from under the table"

    creep go on all fours move on hands and knees inch drag oneself along pull oneself along drag trail slither slink squirm wriggle writhe scrabble worm one's way advance slowly/stealthily sneak
    • (of an insect or small animal) move slowly along a surface

      "the tiny spider was crawling up Nicky's arm"

    • (of a vehicle) move at an unusually slow pace

      "the traffic was crawling along"

    • swim using the crawl

      "I turned without stopping and crawled back to the deep end"

    • (of paint or other liquid) move after application to form an uneven layer over the surface below

      "glazes can crawl away from a crack in the piece"

  2. behave obsequiously or ingratiatingly in the hope of gaining someone's favour

    "a reporter's job can involve crawling to objectionable people"

    grovel to be obsequious towards ingratiate oneself with be servile towards be sycophantic towards kowtow to pander to abase oneself to demean oneself to bow and scrape to prostrate oneself before toady to truckle to dance attendance on fawn on/over curry favour with cultivate seek the favour of try to win over try to get on the good side of make up to play up to
  3. be covered or crowded with (insects or people), to an extent that is objectionable

    "the floor was dirty and crawling with bugs"

    be full of overflow with teem with abound in/with be packed with be crowded with be thronged with be jammed with be alive with be overrun with swarm with be bristling with be infested with be thick with
  4. (of a program) systematically visit (a number of web pages) in order to create an index of data

    "its automated software robots crawl websites, grabbing copies of pages to index"

noun
crawl
  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"

    • a slow rate of movement, typically that of a vehicle

      "he reduced his speed to a crawl"

  2. a swimming stroke involving alternate overarm movements and rapid kicks of the legs

    "she could do the crawl and so many other strokes"