Crawl


(v. i.) To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep.


(v. i.) to move or advance in a feeble, slow, or timorous manner.


(v. i.) To advance slowly and furtively; to insinuate one's self; to advance or gain influence by servile or obsequious conduct.


(v. i.) To have a sensation as of insect creeping over the body; as, the flesh crawls. See Creep, v. i., 7.


(n.) The act or motion of crawling; slow motion, as of a creeping animal.


(n.) A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish.



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Bescrawl   Crawl   Crawl stroke   Crawled   Crawler   Crawling   Crawly   Scrawl   Scrawled   Scrawler