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crawl

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"

a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl"

a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick

move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"

swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"

be crawling with; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"

feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified"

Synonyms:

• Australian crawl,
• abound,
• all fours,
• amble,
• andante,
• aquaplaning,
• aquatics,
• backstroke,
• balneation,
• bathe,
• bathing,
• bend the knee,
• blister,
• bootlick,
• bow,
• bow and scrape,
• breaststroke,
• butterfly,
• castigate,
• claudicate,
• claudication,
• couch,
• cower,
• crawling,
• creep,
• creeping,
• cringe,
• crouch,
• dead march,
• diving,
• dog paddle,
• dogtrot,
• drag,
• drag along,
• drag on,
• drag out,
• edge,
• excoriate,
• fawn,
• feel creepy,
• feel funny,
• fin,
• fishtail,
• flapper,
• flatter,
• flay,
• flipper,
• floating,
• flow,
• footpace,
• funeral march,
• go dead slow,
• go on,
• go on tiptoe,
• go slow,
• grovel,
• gumshoe,
• gumshoeing,
• have gooseflesh,
• have the creeps,
• hobble,
• hug the earth,
• idle,
• inch,
• inch along,
• jog,
• jog trot,
• jog-trot,
• kneel,
• kowtow,
• lay,
• laze,
• leisurely gait,
• lick the dust,
• lickspittle,
• lie,
• lie down,
• lie flat,
• lie limply,
• lie low,
• lie prone,
• lie prostrate,
• lie under,
• limp,
• linger,
• linger on,
• loll,
• lounge,
• lumbering pace,
• mincing steps,
• mosey,
• natation,
• nightwalk,
• nightwalking,
• pad,
• padding,
• plod,
• poke,
• poke along,
• prowl,
• prowling,
• pullulate,
• pussyfoot,
• pussyfooting,
• rack,
• recline,
• repose,
• roast,
• saunter,
• scathe,
• scorch,
• scrabble,
• scramble,
• shamble,
• shuffle,
• shuffle along,
• sidestroke,
• sidle,
• sidling,
• slam,
• slide,
• slink,
• slinking,
• slouch,
• slow march,
• slow motion,
• snake,
• snaking,
• sneak,
• sneaking,
• sprawl,
• squat,
• squirm,
• stagger along,
• steal,
• steal along,
• stealing,
• stoop,
• stroll,
• surfboarding,
• surfing,
• swarm,
• swim,
• swimming,
• tarry,
• teem,
• tippytoe,
• tiptoe,
• tiptoeing,
• toadeat,
• toady,
• toddle,
• toddle along,
• totter along,
• traipse,
• treading water,
• truckle,
• trudge,
• underlie,
• waddle,
• wading,
• walk,
• waterskiing,
• wear on,
• wiggle,
• worm,
• worm along,
• worming,
• wriggle