crawl

Noun

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

• a very slow movement
  • the traffic advanced at a crawl
    

Verb

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

• show submission or fear

• be full of
  • The old cheese was crawling with maggots
    

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

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  crawling , creep , creeping , front crawl , Australian crawl , fawn , cringe , cower , grovel