crawl

Meanings

• a very slow movement
  • "the traffic advanced at a crawl"
• a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
• a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
  • "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"
• move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
  • "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed"
• feel as if crawling with insects
  • "My skin crawled--I was terrified"
• be full of
  • "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
• show submission or fear
• swim by doing the crawl
  • "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"

Synonyms

Australian crawl, cower, crawling, creep, creeping, cringe, fawn, front crawl, grovel