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- [krawl]
- /krɔl/
- /krɔːl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [krawl]
- /krɔl/
Definitions of crawl word
- verb crawl When you crawl, you move forward on your hands and knees. 3
- verb crawl When an insect crawls somewhere, it moves there quite slowly. 3
- verb crawl If someone or something crawls somewhere, they move or progress slowly or with great difficulty. 3
- verb crawl Crawl is also a noun. 3
- verb crawl If you say that a place is crawling with people or animals, you are emphasizing that it is full of them. 3
- singular noun crawl The crawl is a kind of swimming stroke which you do lying on your front, swinging one arm over your head, and then the other arm. 3
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Origin of crawl
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English crawlen < Old Norse krafla; compare Danish kravle “to crawl, creep”
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Crawl
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
crawl popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
crawl usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for crawl
verb crawl
- poke — to prod or push, especially with something narrow or pointed, as a finger, elbow, stick, etc.: to poke someone in the ribs.
- slither — to slide down or along a surface, especially unsteadily, from side to side, or with some friction or noise: The box slithered down the chute.
- drag — drag and drop
- wriggle — to twist to and fro; writhe; squirm.
- plod — to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
noun crawl
- footpace — walking pace.
- tootle — to toot gently or repeatedly on a flute or the like.
- snail's pace — an extremely slow rate: The work progresses at a snail's pace.
adjective crawl
- overspread — to spread or diffuse over: A blush of embarrassment overspread his face.
- worrier — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
- infest — to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do: Sharks infested the coastline.
- filler — an aluminum coin of Hungary, the 100th part of a forint.
- packer — a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
Antonyms for crawl
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