crawl

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

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

Concepts

ramper

marcher à quatre pattes

crawl

avancer au pas

faire

se traîner

faire le crawl

grimper

onduler

glisser

grouiller

crawler

se trainer

aller à quatre pattes

grouiller de

s’aplatir

s'aplatir devant

aller

s'aplatir

analyser

avancer

avoir la chair de poule

bondir

continuer

dépasser

faon

monter

patiner

poursuivre

procéder

Synonymes

creep

slither

grovel

climb

move slowly

crawling

drag

cringe

creeping

worm

🪱

trail

cower

Australian crawl

wriggle

formicate

fawn

advance slowly

front crawl

crouch

walk slowly

move

sneak

squirm

kowtow

slide

seethe

slip

go up

glide

freestyle

copulate

bustle

drag on

contour

pussyfoot

detour

conceal

brim

balking

descended

proceed

pour out

dawdle

peristalsis

prostrate

prowl

pullulate

pursue

overrun

on all fours

Traductions

kriechen

arrastrarse

kruipen

gatear

strisciare

rastejar

krabbeln

trascinarsi

arrossegar-se

reptar

crawl

gattonare

arrastar(-se)

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kɹɔːl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à danois: kravle

Appartenant à suédois: kravla

Appartenant à néerlandais: krabbelen

Appartenant à allemand: krabbeln

Appartenant à frison occidental: kreauwelje

Appartenant à néerlandais: krevelen

Appartenant à allemand: kribbeln

In summary

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