Crawl - Definition

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: crawl, front crawl,
Australian crawl]
3: a 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" [syn: crawl, 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: crawl, creep]
2: feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was
terrified"
3: be full of; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots"
4: show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep,
cringe, cower, grovel]
5: swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast
stroke; they often don't know how to crawl"