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crawl
1. a very slow movement (Freq. 1) - the traffic advanced at a crawl • Hypernyms: motion, movement, move 2. a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick • Syn: front crawl, Australian crawl • Hypernyms: swimming stroke • Part Meronyms: flutter kick 3. 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 • Syn: crawling, creep, creeping • Derivationally related forms: creep (for: creeping), creep (for: creep), crawl (for: crawling) • Hypernyms: locomotion, travel
1. move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground (Freq. 32) - The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed • Syn: creep • Derivationally related forms: creep (for: creep), creeper (for: creep), creeping (for: creep), crawler, crawling • Hypernyms: travel, go, move, locomote • Hyponyms: formicate • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Somebody ----s PP - The streets crawl with crowds - The streets crawl with crowds 2. feel as if crawling with insects (Freq. 1) - My skin crawled--I was terrified • Hypernyms: feel • Verb Frames: - Something ----s 3. be full of - The old cheese was crawling with maggots • Hypernyms: teem, pullulate, swarm • Verb Frames: - Something is ----ing PP 4. show submission or fear • Syn: fawn, creep, cringe, cower, grovel • Derivationally related forms: groveler (for: grovel), groveller (for: grovel), coward (for: cower), crawler, fawner (for: fawn) • Hypernyms: bend, flex • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s PP 5. swim by doing the crawl - European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl • Topics: water sport, aquatics • Hypernyms: swim • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s
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