crawl
n 1: a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl"
2: a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead
accompanied by a flutter kick [syn: {front crawl}, {Australian
crawl}]
3: a slow creeping 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" [syn: {crawling},
{creep}, {creeping}]
v 1: move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body
near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the
riverbed" [syn: {creep}]
2: feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was
terrified"
3: be crawling with; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
4: show submission or fear [syn: {fawn}, {creep}, {cringe}, {cower},
{grovel}]
5: swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast
stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"