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crawlnoun
crawls
pl
UK
/krɔːl/
US
/krɔl/
The baby's crawl was slow but steady.
Ползание младенца было медленным, но уверенным.
He improved his crawl technique in swimming class.
Он улучшил свою технику кроля на уроке плавания.
Additional translations
медленное движение
ползок
Synonyms
slither
creep
sneak
slink
drag
crawlverb
crawled
Past Simple
crawled
Past Participle
crawling
Gerund
UK
/krɔːl/
US
/krɔl/
Spiders crawl silently in the dark.
Пауки ползают бесшумно в темноте.
The baby began to crawl across the floor.
Малыш начал ползти по полу.
The hikers had to crawl up the steep hill.
Туристам пришлось карабкаться на крутой холм.
Additional translations
скрести
гнездиться
вылезти
Synonyms
grovel
drag
slink
slither
creep
squirm
wriggle
inch
Antonyms
dash
sprint
run
crawladjective
UK
/krɔːl/
US
/krɔl/
Used attributively, e.g., in the term "crawl space" or "crawl speed".

Definitions

crawlnoun
A slow pace of movement, typically on hands and knees.
The baby moved forward in a crawl across the living room floor.
A swimming stroke where the swimmer lies on their front and moves their arms over their head in a circular motion while kicking their legs.
She improved her speed in the crawl after weeks of practice.
A slow or laborious progress or movement.
Traffic was reduced to a crawl due to the construction work on the highway.
A bar crawl, an event where participants visit multiple bars in a single night.
They organized a crawl to celebrate the end of the semester.
A line or strip of moving text that scrolls across a screen, especially on television news or video.
Breaking news headlines ran in a crawl along the bottom of the broadcast.
crawlverb
To move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground.
The baby began to crawl across the floor.
To move slowly or with difficulty, especially in a way that is close to the ground.
Traffic was crawling along the highway due to the accident.
To behave in a servile or obsequious manner.
He would crawl to his boss to get a promotion.
To spread or move in a slow or stealthy manner.
The ivy began to crawl up the side of the house.
Computing: to systematically browse or index the content of (a website or the internet) with an automated program.
The search engine regularly crawls the site to update its index.
crawladjective
Designed for or relating to a space or pace that requires movement by crawling.
They installed insulation in the crawl space beneath the house.
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