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a slow creeping mode of locomotion (on hands and knees or dragging the body); "a crawl was all that the injured man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep" a very slow movement; "the traffic advanced at a crawl" a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along the riverbed" swim by doing the crawl; "European children learn the breast stroke; they often don''t know how to crawl" be crawling with; "The old cheese was crawling with maggots" feel as if crawling with insects; "My skin crawled--I was terrified" show submission or fear |
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