Crawl

Pronunciation: /ˈkrɔːl/

Crawl (verb)

  1. to move on hands and knees, like a baby or insect.
  2. to move forward very slowly, like in heavy traffic.
  3. 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)

  1. a slow way of moving on hands and knees.
  2. 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.

Synonyms of Crawl

Neutral

Informal

Antonyms of Crawl

  • describing fast movement
  • describing quick, sudden movement