| VERB | motion | crawl, creep | move slowly |
|---|---|---|---|
| stative | crawl | feel as if crawling with insects | |
| stative | crawl | be full of | |
| motion | crawl, fawn, creep, cringe, cower, grovel | show submission or fear | |
| motion | crawl | swim by doing the crawl | |
| NOUN | act | crawl | a very slow movement |
| act | crawl, front crawl, Australian crawl | a swimming stroke | |
| act | crawl, crawling, creep, creeping | a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body |
| Sounds | krao'l | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | albuterol ... windfall: 100 rhymes with aol... | |
| Meaning | A very slow movement. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the traffic advanced at a crawl" | |
| Broader | motion, movement, move | The act of changing location from one place to another |
| Verbs | crawl | move slowly |
| Meaning | A swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | front crawl, Australian crawl | |
| Parts | flutter kick | A swimming kick |
| Broader | swimming stroke | A method of moving the arms and legs to push against the water and propel the swimmer forward |
| Spanish | crol | |
| Catalan | crol | |
| Verbs | crawl | swim by doing the crawl |
| Meaning | A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body. | |
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| Example | "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage" | |
| Synonyms | crawling, creep, creeping | |
| Broader | locomotion, travel | self-propelled movement |
| Spanish | arrastramiento, gateado | |
| Catalan | arrossegada | |
| Verbs | crawl | move slowly |
| Meaning | Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The streets crawl with crowds; The streets crawl with crowds | |
| Example | "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" | |
| Synonym | creep | |
| Narrower | formicate | crawl about like ants |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
| Spanish | arrastrarse, deslizarse, gatear, rampar, reptar | |
| Catalan | anar a quatre grapes, arrossegar-se, gatejar, reptar | |
| Nouns | crawl, crawling | a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body |
| crawl | a very slow movement | |
| crawler | terrestrial / terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil | |
| crawler | a person who crawls or creeps along the ground | |
| Meaning | Feel as if crawling with insects. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "My skin crawled--I was terrified" | |
| Broader | feel | Be felt or perceived in a certain way |
| Spanish | repeler | |
| Catalan | repel·lir | |
| Meaning | Be full of. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "The old cheese was crawling with maggots" | |
| Broader | teem, pullulate, swarm | Be teeming, be abuzz |
| Catalan | anar a quatre grapes, arrossegar-se, gatejar | |
| Meaning | show submission or fear. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | fawn, creep, cringe, cower, grovel | |
| Broader | bend, flex | form a curve |
| Spanish | humillarse | |
| Catalan | arrossegar-se, arrossegar, humiliar-se | |
| Nouns | crawler | a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage |
| Meaning | swim by doing the crawl. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | they often don't know how to crawl" | |
| Category | water sport, aquatics | sports that involve bodies of water |
| Broader | swim | Travel through water |
| Spanish | nadar crol | |
| Catalan | nedar crol | |
| Nouns | crawl | a swimming stroke |
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