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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: crawling, creep, creeping |
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Related Words: locomotion, travel |
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(noun) a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl" |
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Related Words: motion, move, movement |
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(noun) a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick |
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Synonyms: Australian crawl, front crawl |
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Related Words: swimming stroke |
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(verb) 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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Synonyms: creep |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, ramp, travel |
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(verb) swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl" |
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Related Words: swim |
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(verb) be crawling with; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots" |
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Related Words: swarm, teem |
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(verb) feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified" |
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Related Words: feel |
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(verb) show submission or fear |
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Synonyms: cower, creep, cringe, fawn, grovel |
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Related Words: bend, flex |
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