Crawl
Pronunciation: /ˈkrɔːl/
Crawl (verb)
- to move on hands and knees, like a baby or insect.
- to move forward very slowly, like in heavy traffic.
- to automatically search and collect information from websites.
Examples
- The baby began to crawl across the floor.
- He crawled under the table to find his toy.
Common collocations: crawl slowly, crawl on hands and knees, crawl along, crawl to a halt, crawl the web
Crawl (noun)
- a slow way of moving on hands and knees.
- a swimming style where you move one arm over the other.
Examples
- The crawl of the snail was mesmerizing.
- We watched the crawl of the traffic from the window.