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