Crawl

Quick meaning: Crawl is a verb meaning (intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.

Meaning

(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
2. (intransitive) To act in a servile manner.
3. (intransitive) Followed by with: see crawl with.
4. (intransitive) To feel a swarming sensation.
5. (intransitive, transitive) To swim using the crawl stroke.
6. (transitive) To move over (an area) on hands and knees.
7. (transitive) To move over (an area) slowly, with frequent stops.

Example Sentences

The horrible sight made my skin crawl.

I think I’ll crawl the next hundred metres.

The rush-hour traffic crawled around the bypass.

Don’t come crawling to me with your useless apologies!

Word Forms

• crawls
• crawling
• crawled

Synonyms for crawl

Depending on context, synonyms include creep, inch, plod, scuttle, wriggle, kowtow.

Antonyms for crawl

Common opposites include run, walk, sprint, lope.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include creep, creeping, grovel, cower, cringe, slither.

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