
Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)crawla very slow movement“the traffic advanced at a crawl” (n)crawl, crawling, creep, creepinga 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” Verbs
(v)crawl, creepmove slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground“The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed” (v)crawlfeel as if crawling with insects“My skin crawled — I was terrified” (v)crawlbe full of“The old cheese was crawling with maggots” (v)crawlswim by doing the crawl“European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl”