crawling

Meanings

• a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
• 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
• be full of
  • "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
• show submission or fear
• swim by doing the crawl

Synonyms

cower, crawl, creep, creeping, cringe, fawn, grovel