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English noun: crawl | |||
| 1. | crawl (act) a very slow movement | ||
| Samples | The traffic advanced at a crawl. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motion, move, movement | ||
| 2. | crawl (act) a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick | ||
| Synonyms | Australian crawl, front crawl | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | swimming stroke | ||
| Part holonym | flutter kick | ||
| 3. | crawl (act) a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body | ||
| Samples | A crawl was all that the injured man could manage. The traffic moved at a creep. | ||
| Synonyms | crawling, creep, creeping | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | locomotion, travel | ||
English verb: crawl | |||
| 1. | crawl (motion) move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground | ||
| Samples | The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed. | ||
| Examples | The streets crawl with crowds | ||
| Synonyms | creep | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | formicate | ||
| 2. | crawl (stative) feel as if crawling with insects | ||
| Samples | My skin crawled--I was terrified. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | feel | ||
| 3. | crawl (stative) be full of | ||
| Samples | The old cheese was crawling with maggots. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pullulate, swarm, teem | ||
| 4. | crawl (motion) show submission or fear | ||
| Synonyms | cower, creep, cringe, fawn, grovel | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bend, flex | ||
| 5. | crawl (motion) swim by doing the crawl | ||
| Samples | European children learn the breast stroke; they often don't know how to crawl. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | swim | ||
| Domain category | aquatics, water sport | ||
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