English synonyms about - contact  

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

crawl

noun

1 crawl

A very slow movement.

2 crawl

A swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick.

synonyms: Australian crawl, front crawl.

Polish: crawl, kraul

3 crawl

A slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body:
— A crawl was all that the injured man could manage.

synonyms: crawling, creep, creeping.

Polish: czołganie się, pełzanie, pełźnięcie

verb

1 crawl

Move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground:
— The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed.

synonym: creep.

Roget 283: recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire; retrograde, retrocede; back out; back down; balk; crawfish [U.S.], crawl [Slang]; withdraw; ... show more

Dutch: opschuiven, kruipen

2 crawl

Feel as if crawling with insects.

3 crawl

Be full of.

4 crawl

Show submission or fear.

synonyms: cower, creep, cringe, fawn, grovel.

Roget 275: move slowly etc. adv.; creep, crawl, lag, slug, drawl, linger, loiter, saunter; plod, trudge, stump along, ... show more

Roget 886: cringe, bow, stoop, kneel, bend the knee; fall on one's knees, prostrate oneself; worship etc. 990.    sneak, crawl, crouch, cower, ... show more

Dutch: kruipen

5 crawl

Swim by doing the crawl.

Dutch: crawlen


Moby thesaurus: Australian crawl, abound, all fours, amble, andante, aquaplaning, aquatics, backstroke, balneation, bathe, bathing, bend the knee, blister, bootlick, bow, bow and scrape, breaststroke, butterfly, castigate, claudicate ... show more.

Find more on crawl elsewhere: etymology - rhymes - Wikipedia.

debug info: 0.0534