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verb

Crawl v. i. (past & past part. crawled; pres. part. crawling)

To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep. "A worm finds what it searches after only by feeling, as it crawls from one thing to another."

Hence, To move or advance in a feeble, slow, or timorous manner. "He was hardly able to crawl about the room." "The meanest thing that crawl'd beneath my eyes."

To advance slowly and furtively; to insinuate one's self; to advance or gain influence by servile or obsequious conduct. "Secretly crawling up the battered walls." "Hath crawled into the favor of the king." "Absurd opinions crawl about the world."

To have a sensation as of insect creeping over the body; as, the flesh crawls. See Creep, v. i., 7.

noun

Crawl n. The act or motion of crawling; slow motion, as of a creeping animal.

Crawl n. A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish.

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Etymology of 'Crawl'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Crawl" Quotes from Famous Books

... the tattooing artists would crawl over the bulwarks, followed by his sitter; and then a bare arm or leg would be extended, and the disagreeable business of "pricking" commence, right under my eyes; or an irruption of tars, with ditty-bags or sea-reticules, and piles of old trowsers to ...

— White Jacket - or, the World on a Man-of-War • Herman Melville

... still more speed, but the aeroplane was doing its best. But fast as it was going, it seemed to crawl up on the train at a snail pace. The tail ...

— The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings • Margaret Burnham

... the other. 'No. That was in Wellington, New Zealand. I was bad, and got lower an' lower—couldn't think what was up. I could hardly crawl about. As certain as I'm here, she was poisoning me, to get to th' other chap—I'm certain ...

— England, My England • D.H. Lawrence

... child is taught by the daily example of its mother what to look upon as the essentials of life. "I feel miserable," said a feeble house-mother, just recovering from sickness; "but I managed to crawl out into the kitchen, and stir up a loaf of cake." Now, why should a sick woman have crawled out into the kitchen, to stir up a loaf of cake? Was that a paramount duty,—one which demanded the outlay of her little all of strength? This is ...

— A Domestic Problem • Abby Morton Diaz

... say any vehicle would seem to crawl to us, Peggy. But we are going home, home. Oh, I could just shout, I am ...

— Peggy Owen and Liberty • Lucy Foster Madison

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