crawl

Significat (English)

Verb

1. To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
2. To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
3. To act in a servile manner.
4. Followed by with: see crawl with.
5. To feel a swarming sensation.
6. To swim using the crawl stroke.
7. To move over (an area) on hands and knees.
8. To move over (an area) slowly, with frequent stops.
9. To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.

Noun

1. The act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc.
2. The act of sequentially visiting a series of similar establishments (i.e., a bar crawl).
3. A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
4. A very slow pace.
5. A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.

Noun

A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.

Synonyms

creep

slither

grovel

climb

drag

crawling

move slowly

cringe

trail

worm

🪱

creeping

Australian crawl

wriggle

cower

advance slowly

fawn

formicate

seethe

slide

slip

squirm

front crawl

kowtow

walk slowly

sneak

crouch

move

on all fours

overrun

peristalsis

pour out

proceed

prostrate

prowl

pullulate

pursue

pussyfoot

ride

rim

round

scoot

sizzle

slink

snake

🐍

spill

spread

sputter

step

stream

struggle

totter

tour

truckle

trudge

turn

twirl

undress

walk

🚶

wiggle

writhe

crawl about

crawl along

creep along

drag oneself

drag oneself along

lie hidden

slip and fall

move stealthily

shuffle along

slide along

go and come

crawl on knees

fall into swoon

teem in

glide gently

go slowly

go on the belly

creeping motion

spread branches

creeping motion squirm

advance

motion squirm

ascend

balking

blow

bootlick

brim

bustle

buzz

circuit

claw

conceal

contour

copulate

creep in

dawdle

descended

detour

drag on

freestyle

glide

go up

hem

kotow

limp

mount

move around

move over

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/kɹɔːl/

Etimologia (English)

Cognate with danès: kravle

Cognate with suec: kravla

Cognate with neerlandès: krabbelen

Cognate with alemany: krabbeln

Cognate with frisó occidental: kreauwelje

Cognate with neerlandès: krevelen

Cognate with alemany: kribbeln

In summary

From Middle English crawlen, crewlen, creulen, crallen, *cravelen, from Old Norse krafla (compare Danish kravle (“to crawl, creep”), Swedish kravla, kräla)), from Proto-Germanic *krablōną (compare Dutch krabbelen, German Low German krabbeln, German krabbeln), frequentative of *krabbōną (“to scratch, scrape”). Compare also West Frisian kreauwelje (“to crawl”), Dutch krevelen, krieuwelen (“to crawl”), German Low German kribbeln, German kribbeln (“to creep, crawl, tingle”). See also crab, crabble.