crawl
The act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etcThe act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc.
» I felt something crawling up my arm.
Ich fühlte, wie etwas meinen Arm hinaufkroch. — xtofu80
Ich spürte, wie etwas meinen Arm hinaufkrabbelte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Я відчув, що щось повзе мені вверх по руці. — aandrusiak
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
6 sensesThe act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc.
a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body
The act of sequentially visiting a series of similar establishments (i.e., a bar crawl).
A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
Kraul
крольkrolʹ
a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
(figuratively)A very slow pace.
My computer has slowed down to a crawl since I installed that software package.
Schneckentempo
a very slow movement
A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.
Examples
355 sentencesI felt something crawling up my arm.
Я відчув, що щось повзе мені вверх по руці. — aandrusiak
deIch fühlte, wie etwas meinen Arm hinaufkroch. — xtofu80
Tom felt something crawling on his arm.
Том відчув, як щось повзе по його руці. — El_lena
ruТом почувствовал, как что-то ползёт по его руке. — odexed
Tom cut a hole in the fence and crawled through.
Том зробив дірку у паркані та проліз крізь неї. — deniko
That hut is crawling with lizards and insects.
Та хижа кишить ящірками і комахами. — ChickenKiev
deIn der Hütte wimmelt es von Eidechsen und Insekten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Don't try to walk before you can crawl.
Всьому свій час. — Ahha · CC BY 2.0 FR
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English crawlen, crewlen, creulen, crallen, *cravelen, from Old Norse krafla (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.
Compare kraal.
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Forms
plural: crawlsSynonyms
5 synonyms- a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body:crawlingcreepcreeping
- a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick:front crawlAustralian crawl
Word family
18 related wordsCollocations
8 patterns- crawled into bed
- felt something crawling
- crawled under the
- crawled under
- crawled through
- crawled out of
- something crawling
- was crawling with